Examining patient conceptions: A case of metastatic breast cancer in an african american male to female transgender patient

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-161

  Dhand, Amar ^a   Dhaliwal, Gurpreet ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen; Ethnography; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77951118719     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1159-6     Document Type: Article

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