Transgender bodies, identities, and healthcare: Effects of perceived and actual violence and abuse

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue , 2007, Pages 225-249

  Witten, Tarynn M ^a  

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EID: 37249069463     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-4959(07)00010-5     Document Type: Review

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