Barriers to Care Among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 726-748

  Gonzales, Gilbert ^a   Henning Smith, Carrie ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers to care; LGBT health; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CISGENDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUPS BY SEX; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXISM; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037975012     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12297     Document Type: Article

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