Making sense of abuse: Case studies in sibling incest

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-109

  Bass, Linda B ^a,b   Taylor, Brent A ^a,c   Knudson Martin, Carmen ^d   Huenergardt, Douglas ^d  

^a International Family Therapy Institute   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse in Latino families; Family therapy; Sexual abuse; Sibling incest; Treatment of sibling incest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745842965     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-006-9697-0     Document Type: Review

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