Bending gender, ending gender: Theoretical foundations for social work practice with the Transgender community

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Burdge, Barb J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk populations; Gender; Queer theory; Social constructionism; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 35148813101     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.3.243     Document Type: Article

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