Exploring the impact of sexual orientation on experiences and concerns about end of life care and on bereavement for lesbian, gay and bisexual older people

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 908-924

  Almack, Kathryn ^a   Seymour, Jane ^a   Bellamy, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bereavement; bisexual; death; dying; end of life care; gay; lesbian; older people; relational lives

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958459823     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510375739     Document Type: Article

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