Addressing Health Disparities of Lesbian and Bisexual Women: A Grounded Theory Study

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 635-640

  Johnson, Michael J ^a,b   Nemeth, Lynne S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BISEXUAL FEMALE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LESBIANISM; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BISEXUALITY; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909950539     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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