For better or for worse: Psycholegal soft spots and advance planning for same-sex couples

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-96

  Riggle, Ellen D B ^a   Rostosky, Sharon Scales ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 13844255697     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.1.90     Document Type: Review

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