Social work faculty support for same-sex marriage: A cross-national study of U.S. and anglophone canadian MSW teaching faculty

Social Work Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-312

  Woodford, Michael R ^a   Luke, Katherine P ^b   Grogan Kaylor, Andrew ^a   Fredriksen Goldsen, Karen I ^c   Gutierrez, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay and lesbian people; Heterosexism; Same sex marriage; Social work faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876405574     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/svs033     Document Type: Article

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