A preliminary investigation of the role of religion for family members of lesbian, gay male, or bisexual male and female individuals

Counseling and Values

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-209

  Lease, Suzanne H ^a   Shulman, Julie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33644476803     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: 2161007X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2003.tb00266.x     Document Type: Article

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