Shedding light on thirteen years of darkness: Content analysis of articles pertaining to transgender issues in marriage/couple and family therapy journals

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 244-256

  Blumer, Markie L C ^a   Green, Mary S ^b   Knowles, Sarah J ^a   Williams, April ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

COUPLES THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS;

EID: 84863777716     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: 17520606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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