Tomboys: Meanings, marginalization, and misunderstandings

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-565

  Hall, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLOTHING; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LITERATURE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; NURSE'S ROLE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45949087157     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840802048691     Document Type: Article

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