Second-level hospital health professionals' attitudes to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents seeking health for their children

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 880-887

  Chapman, Rose ^a   Watkins, Rochelle ^b   Zappia, Tess ^c   Combs, Shane ^d   Shields, Linda ^c,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Nursing and Midwifery ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bisexual and transgender families; Doctors; Gay; Homosexual; Lesbian; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84856989940     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03938.x     Document Type: Article

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