Points of connection and disconnection: A look at feminism and postmodernism in family therapy

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Miller, Marianne McInnes ^a   Wieling, Elizabeth ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family therapy theory; Feminism; Feminist family therapy; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937388128     PISSN: 08952833     EISSN: 15404099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J086v14n02_01     Document Type: Article

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