Family Support Patterns for Midlife Lesbians: Recollections of a Lesbian Couple 1971-1997

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 139-151

  Raphael, Sharon M ^a,b   Meyer, Mina K ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Older Adult Center and the Gay   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretaking; Family support; Lesbian; Lesbian daughter mother relationship; Lesbian family; Life span development; Midlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009550750     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v11n02_07     Document Type: Article

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