Transmen's Health Care Experiences: Ethical Social Work Practice Beyond the Binary

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-120

  Taylor, Evan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cultural competency; health literacy; institutional ethnography; social work practice; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873185535     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538720.2013.750575     Document Type: Article

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