Psychiatrists' and Psychiatry Residents' Attitudes Toward Transgender People

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 268-273

  Ali, Nareesa ^a   Fleisher, William ^a,b   Erickson, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PsycHealth Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Education; Faculty development; Gender issues; Professionalism; Psychiatry; Residents; Transgender

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDEOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; RESIDENT; STIGMA; TRANSGENDER; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNET; MANITOBA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROFESSIONALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MANITOBA; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84959352689     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: 15457230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0308-y     Document Type: Article

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