Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7337702 | Social Science & Medicine | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Clinicians often respond to health care needs of transgender patients with uncertainty. ⺠Discomfort with uncertainty leads clinicians to reinforce medical authority with stigma. ⺠Functional theories of stigma should incorporate the role of power relations.
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Authors
Tonia Poteat, Danielle German, Deanna Kerrigan,