The National Lesbian Family Study: 1. Interviews with prospective mothers

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-281

  Gartrell, Nanette ^a,h   Hamilton, Jean ^b   Banks, Amy ^c   Mosbacher, Dee ^d   Reed, Nancy ^e   Sparks, Caroline H ^f   Bishop, Holly ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Woman Vision   (United States)

^e Tapestry Feminist Counseling   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029975022     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080178     Document Type: Article

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