Decision-Making in Planned Lesbian Parenting: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 194-209

  Touroni, Elena ^a,b   Coyle, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Donor insemination; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Lesbian parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036099004     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.672     Document Type: Article

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