Psychiatry, social control, and homosexuality : clients' perceptions of therapeutic care in the decades following demedicalization

In 1973, homosexuality was offically demedicalized. However, the effects of this change on the therapeutic relationship between psychiatrists and their gay or lesbian clients has been largely unexplored. Using clients' perspectives obtained through in-depth interviews, this study examines how p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palfy, Randa Richelle
Other Authors: Biggs, Lesley
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2011
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-11292011-110519/