Older lesbians and gays accessing health and aged-care services

Australian Social Work

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-209

  Hughes, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to services; Heteronormativity; Lesbian and gay aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347331195     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070701323824     Document Type: Article

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