Health care utilization in a sample of Canadian lesbian women: Predictors of risk and resilience

Women and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 19-35

  Bergeron, Sherry ^a   Senn, Charlene Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feminism; Health; Internalized homophobia; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PHOBIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0038727802     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v37n03_02     Document Type: Article

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