End-of-life care for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 537-548

  Cartwright, Colleen ^a   Hughes, Mark ^a   Lienert, Tania ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; end of life care; gay men; lesbians; LGBT; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84860326267     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.673639     Document Type: Article

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