Caring for mum and dad: Lesbian women negotiating family and navigating care

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1288-1303

  Price, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caring; dementia; family; Lesbian

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054923101     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr015     Document Type: Article

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