Caregiving and care receiving among older lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 15-38

  Grossman, Arnold H ^a   D'Augelli, Anthony R ^b   Dragowski, Eliza A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Care receiving; Caregiving; Homosexuality; Older adults; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049149481     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v18n03_02     Document Type: Article

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