Improving Medical Education About Gender-Variant Youth and Transgender Adolescents

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 779-791

  Stoddard, Joel ^a,b   Leibowitz, Scott F ^c   Ton, Hendry ^a   Snowdon, Shane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Gender disorders; Gender identity; Gender nonconformity; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENDER VARIANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL MINORITY; TEACHING; TRANSSEXUALISM; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 80055077671     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: 15580490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2011.07.008     Document Type: Review

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