U.S. graduate social work faculty's attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-62

  Woodford, Michael R ^a   Brennan, David J ^b   Gutiérrez, Lorraine ^a   Luke, Katherine P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bisexual; Cultural competency; Faculty; Gay; Heteronormativity; Lesbian; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867258810     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2012.666936     Document Type: Article

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