Gay affirmative practice: A model for social work practice with gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-421

  Crisp, Catherine ^a   McCave, Emily L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bisexual; Gay; Lesbian; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248875806     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-007-0091-z     Document Type: Article

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