Lesbian families and family functioning: An overview

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-275

  Bos, H M W ^a   Van Balen, F ^a   Van Den Boom, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child development; Family functioning; Lesbian mothers; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER; DATA BASE; DONOR; EMOTION; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 28444472695     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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