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Jewish Gay Men's Accounts of Negotiating Cultural, Religious, and Sexual Identity

A Qualitative Study

Dr. Adrian Coyle PhD Practitioner Doctorate Program in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology, University of Surrey, UK; Practitioner Doctorate Program in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology, University of Surrey, UK
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Deborah Rafalin PsychD Masters Programs in the School of Counselling and Psychotherapy at the Whittington Hospital, London, UK
Pages 21-48 | Published online: 22 Oct 2008

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