The mother-headed single-parent family: A feminist critique of the nursing literature

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 173-183

  Ford Gilboe, Marilyn ^a   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; REVIEW; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 0030179618     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(96)80038-8     Document Type: Article

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