Barriers to healthcare for transgender individuals

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 168-171

  Safer, Joshua D ^a   Coleman, Eli ^b   Feldman, Jamie ^b   Garofalo, Robert ^c   Hembree, Wylie ^d,e   Radix, Asa ^f   Sevelius, Jae ^g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Gender   (United States)

^e Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^f New York ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers To Care; Health Disparities; Medical Education; Transgender; Workforce Needs

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SELF REPORT; TRANSGENDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MINORITY HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX REASSIGNMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84959916824     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000227     Document Type: Review

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