"Lesbians, gay men, and their parents": A critique of LaSala and the prevailing clinical "wisdom"

Family Process

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-266

  Green, Robert Jay ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034200595     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2000.39208.x     Document Type: Article

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