Sexual Orientation Disclosure to Health Care Providers Among Urban and Non-Urban Southern Lesbians

Women and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-55

  Austin, Erika Laine ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

health care; lesbian women; sexual orientation disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875896934     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.743497     Document Type: Article

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