Synergies in health and human rights: a call to action to improve transgender health

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10042, 2016, Pages 318-321

  Winter, Sam ^a   Settle, Edmund ^b   Wylie, Kevan ^c,d   Reisner, Sari ^e,f,g   Cabral, Mauro ^h,i   Knudson, Gail ^j   Baral, Stefan ^k  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Global Action for TransEquality   (Argentina)

ⁱ Global Advocates for Trans Equality   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING; TRANSGENDER; WELLBEING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84982107155     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30653-5     Document Type: Note

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