"They Just Don't Have a Clue": Transgender Aging and Implications for Social Work

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 386-406

  Siverskog, Anna ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biography; GLBT populations and issues; qualitative; social work practice; transgender

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN; TRANSGENDER;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84900473170     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2014.895472     Document Type: Article

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