Access to health care for transgendered persons: Results of a needs assessment in Boston

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 75-91

  Sperber, Jodi ^a   Landers, Stewart ^b   Lawrence, Susan ^b  

^a Health Dialog   (United States)

^b JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Needs assessmnet; TG TS; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEXISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644629327     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J485v08n02_08     Document Type: Article

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