Transgender health: Implications for aging and caregiving

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 93-108

  Williams, Mark E ^a   Freeman, Pat A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Northwest LGBT History Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caregiving; FTM; Gender identity; Health; MTF; Trans; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049157367     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v18n03_06     Document Type: Article

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