Pathways and Barriers to Care for LGBT Veterans in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 218-235

  Johnson, Laura ^a   Federman, Edward J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; LGBT; mental health; qualitative; veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884219561     PISSN: 15538605     EISSN: 15538338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15538605.2013.812928     Document Type: Article

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