Rural lesbians’ strategies for coming out to health care professionals

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-75

  Tiemann, Kathleen A ^a   Kennedy, Sally A ^a   Haga, Myrna P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85009545956     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v02n01_05     Document Type: Article

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