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S Deevey

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PubMed1993

Lesbian self-disclosure. Strategies for success.

1. Lesbian nurses must decide whether to share information about lesbian culture with their nursing colleagues. 2. Making calm rejoinders to homophobic remarks, using policies on minority status and affirmative action, promoting competitive liberalism between institutions, and using marketing techniques can aid lesbian self-disclosure to individuals and institutions. 3. Nurses who are open about being lesbian can provide healthy role models for their colleagues and patients.

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PubMed1990

Older lesbian women. An invisible minority.

Older lesbian women have been "invisible" because of their age, gender, and sexual orientation. Some nurses have inaccurate homophobic stereotypes about older lesbian women. Research indicates that older lesbian women report demographic variety, excellent mental health, and positive attitudes toward aging. Nurses who are educated and comfortable about sexual orientation issues can provide a safe environment for older lesbian patients.

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How do lesbian women develop serenity?

This article considers how lesbian women recover from alcoholism and develop serenity in the context of a homophobic society. We review what is known about the incidence and lethality of alcoholism in lesbian women. We critique Finnegan and McNally's (1987) five-stage conceptual framework of lesbian and alcoholic identity development, which is based on the disease model of recovery. We present our own model, based on our own recovery experiences. The Deevey-Wall model describes factors that may determine how shaming social environments may affect drinking behavior and recovery in lesbian women. In conclusion, we explain Wall's theory of self-hate as a survival mechanism in traumatically hostile environments.

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