Crone songs: Voices of lesbian elders on aging in a rural environment

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 418-436

  Comerford, Susan A ^a   Henson Stroud, M Maxwell ^b   Sionainn, Corbett ^c   Wheeler, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Community Associates ^*  (United States)

^c VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diversity; Lesbians; Qualitative research; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444222988     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109904268874     Document Type: Review

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