Aging Out in the Desert: Disclosure, Acceptance, and Service Use Among Midlife and Older Lesbians and Gay Men

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-144

  Gardner, Aaron T ^a   de Vries, Brian ^b   Mockus, Danyte S ^a  

^a Riverside County Mental Health Department   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; baby boomers; elder care; gay; lesbian; LGBT; social services

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LESBIANISM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIALIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84890101494     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2013.835240     Document Type: Article

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