The role of critical consciousness in multicultural practice: Examining how its strength becomes its limitation

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 684-694

  Pitner, Ronald O ^a,c   Sakamoto, Louis Izumi ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical consciousness; Multicultural; Prejudice; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; STEREOTYPY; THEORY;

AWARENESS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 27644457032     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.4.684     Document Type: Article

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