Marriage and family therapists' comfort working with lesbian and gay male clients: The influence of religious practices and support for lesbian and gay male human rights

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1258-1273

  Green, Mary S ^a   Murphy, Megan J ^b   Blumer, Markie L C ^c  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Human rights; Lesbians and gay men; Religious practices; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LESBIAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND SEX;

EID: 77951434254     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2010.517072     Document Type: Article

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