Partial Treatment Requests and Underlying Motives of Applicants for Gender Affirming Interventions

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2201-2205

  Beek, Titia F ^a   Kreukels, Baudewijntje P C ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a   Steensma, Thomas D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender Affirming Interventions; Gender Identity; Transgender; Treatment Request

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT PARTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84955199821     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.13033     Document Type: Article

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