Racial/ethnic disparities in client unilateral termination: The role of therapists’ cultural comfort

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 102-111

  Owen, Jesse ^a   Drinane, Joanna ^a   Tao, Karen W ^b   Adelson, Jill L ^c   Hook, Joshua N ^d   Davis, Don ^e   Fookune, Natacha ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dropout; multicultural competencies; multicultural orientation; racial ethnic disparities; therapist effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COUNSELOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELORS; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84945217322     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1078517     Document Type: Article

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