Nursing implications in the application of conversion therapies on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender clients

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 651-665

  Blackwell, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION THERAPY; BISEXUALITY; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUP THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AVERSIVE THERAPY; BISEXUALITY; CHRISTIANITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; JUDAISM; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOCIETIES, NURSING; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45949096672     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840802048915     Document Type: Article

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