Policy and practice: A holistic approach to addressing homophobia and heterosexism among social work students

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 121-132

  Messinger, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Homophobia; Organizational climate; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009571050     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v06n03_11     Document Type: Article

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