Lesbian motherhood: Restorative choice or developmental imperative?

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 31-43

  Glazer, Deborah F ^a  

^a Postgraduate Center for Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Childlessness; Development; Fertility; Gender; Generativity; Lesbian; Motherhood; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859156496     PISSN: 08917140     EISSN: 15407128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J236v04n03_03     Document Type: Article

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