How lesbians and gay men decide to become parents or remain childfree

LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 59-70

  Mezey, Nancy J ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880277872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4556-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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