Filial Bereavement: Midlife Lesbian Daughters and Intersubjective Thoughts

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 49-76

  Gurevitch, Jeanette ^a  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Death; Generativity; Homophobia; Identification; Lesbian; Loss; Midlife; Parents; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009568975     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v11n02_03     Document Type: Article

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