Communicating effectively with transgender patients

American Family Physician

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 648-650

  Samuel, Lysa ^a   Zaritsky, Eve ^b  

^a St James Infirmary   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSSEXUALISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 53049100953     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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