Family in transition: Parents, children and grandparents in lesbian families give meaning to 'doing family'

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-199

  Perlesz, Amaryll ^a   Brown, Rhonda ^a   Lindsay, Jo ^b   McNair, Ruth ^c   De Vaus, David ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 33645816770     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2006.00345.x     Document Type: Review

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