Care of the patient undergoing sex reassignment surgery

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 135-165

  Bowman, Cameron ^a,c   Goldberg, Joshua M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Transgender Health Program   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender dysphoria; Sex reassignment surgery; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547375136     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J485v09n03_07     Document Type: Article

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