Transgender people: health at the margins of society

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10042, 2016, Pages 390-400

  Winter, Sam ^a   Diamond, Milton ^b   Green, Jamison ^c   Karasic, Dan ^d   Reed, Terry ^e   Whittle, Stephen ^f   Wylie, Kevan ^g  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Gender Identity Research and Education Society Melverley   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DYSPHORIA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRANSGENDER; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; MINORITY HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84982153321     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00683-8     Document Type: Review

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