What makes a same-sex parented family?: Recognising the diversity of same-sex parented families could assist clinicians to provide optimal care

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Crouch, Simon R ^a,b   Mcnair, Ruth P ^a   Waters, Elizabeth B ^a   Power, Jennifer J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b La Trobe University ^*

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY PLANNING; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84880694095     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11234     Document Type: Note

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