Providing Care to Transgender Persons: A Clinical Approach to Primary Care, Hormones, and HIV Management

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Williamson, Catherine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

HIV; hormones; primary care; transgender

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77950935009     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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