Considerations in the care of transgender persons.

Sofia B Ahmed, Lauren B Beach, Joshua D Safer, Jaimie F Veale, Cameron T Whitley
Author Information
  1. Sofia B Ahmed: Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. sofia.ahmed@albertahealthservices.ca. ORCID
  2. Lauren B Beach: Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. lauren.beach@northwestern.edu.
  3. Joshua D Safer: Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY, USA. jsafer0115@gmail.com. ORCID
  4. Jaimie F Veale: Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. jveale@waikato.ac.nz. ORCID
  5. Cameron T Whitley: Department of Sociology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA. whitlec@wwu.edu.

Abstract

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MeSH Term

Humans
Transgender Persons
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Male
Female

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