"I will not be discriminated against": Older lesbians creating new communities

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-373

  Gabrielson, Marcena L ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lesbian health and aging; narrative inquiry; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955159797     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3182300db8     Document Type: Article

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