Children's views of family relationships in lesbian-led families

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 182-199

  Tasker, Fiona ^a   Granville, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Family structure; Genogram; Lesbian mother; Parent child relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751516311     PISSN: 1550428X     EISSN: 15504298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2011.540201     Document Type: Article

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