Differences Across Age Groups in Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People's Experiences of Health Care Discrimination, Harassment, and Victimization

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 285-306

  Kattari, Shanna K ^a   Hasche, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; harassment; health care services and policy; transgender; victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MODEL; POPULATION MODEL; TRANSGENDER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CRIME VICTIM; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84957691220     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264315590228     Document Type: Article

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