Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) elders in nursing homes: it's time to clean out the closet.

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-83

  Serafin, Jennifer ^a   Smith, George Byron ^a   Keltz, Trudy ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84891418291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0197-4572(12)90405-x     Document Type: Article

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