Homophobia and use of gay affirmative practice in a sample of social workers and psychologists

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-70

  Crisp, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay affirmative practice; Gay and lesbian mental health; Homophobia; Psychologists; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746572069     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v18n01_05     Document Type: Article

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