Transgender veterans are inadequately understood by health care providers

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 483-485

  Lutwak, Nancy ^a   Byne, William ^b,c   Erickson Schroth, Laura ^d   Keig, Zander ^e   Shipherd, Jillian C ^f,g   Mattocks, Kristin M ^h,i   Kauth, Michael R ^j,k  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA Office of Patient Care   (United States)

^h VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84929160344     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00001     Document Type: Article

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