Diversity and Youth Mentoring Relationships

The Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring: A Multiple Perspectives Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 237-258

  Liang, Belle ^a   Grossman, Jennifer M ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Disability; Erving Goffman; Racism; Youth mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889312427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691960.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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