Lesbian and gay parenting: Babes in arms or babes in the woods?

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-347

  McCann, Damian ^a   Delmonte, Howard ^b  

^a Edgware Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b PACE Family Support Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dilemmas; Evidence base; Impact on children; Lesbians gay men; Parenting; Practice considerations

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

EID: 24644477050     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990500141840     Document Type: Article

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