Condomless sex: Considerations for psychotherapy with individual gay men and male couples having unsafe sex

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 149-169

  Shernoff, Michael ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aids; Barebacking; Condomless sex; Gay men; Harm reduction; High risk sex; Hiv; Homosexuality; Male couples; Msm; Unprotected anal intercourse; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247603335     PISSN: 08917140     EISSN: 15407128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J236v09n03_09     Document Type: Article

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