Integrated Care of an Aging HIV-Infected Male-to-Female Transgender Patient

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-282

  Ferron, Pansy ^a   Young, Sandra ^a   Boulanger, Catherine ^a   Rodriguez, Allan ^a   Moreno, Jose ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

aging; complex medical disorders; health care quality; health disparities; HIV; male to female transgender; sex reassignment surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSSEXUALISM;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77950921578     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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