We are mothers too: Childbearing experiences of lesbian families

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-199

  Renaud, Michelle T ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Critical ethnography; Lesbian mother; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947230815     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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