Ethical, legal, and psychosocial issues in care of transgender adolescents

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 95-110

  Holman, Catherine White ^a   Goldberg, Joshua M ^b  

^a Three Bridges Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^b Transgender Health Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent; Crossdressing; Gender variance; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547336560     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J485v09n03_05     Document Type: Article

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