Group work as an antidote to the isolation of bearing an invisible stigma

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 33-43

  Bergart, Ann M ^a  

^a AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incest; Infertility; Sexual abuse; Social group work; Social isolation; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044461815     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v26n03_05     Document Type: Article

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