Are client-counselor ethnic/racial matches associated with successful rehabilitation outcomes?

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-105

  Whitfield, Harold Wayne ^a   Venable, Riley ^b   Broussard, Shanna ^b  

^a Beaumont Mayor's Committee for People With Disabilities   (United States)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural issues; Process and outcome; Race; Rehabilitation counseling; Rehabilitation counselors

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149099150     PISSN: 00343552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0034355209338526     Document Type: Article

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