Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7337702 Social Science & Medicine 2013 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Clinicians often respond to health care needs of transgender patients with uncertainty. ► Discomfort with uncertainty leads clinicians to reinforce medical authority with stigma. ► Functional theories of stigma should incorporate the role of power relations.
Keywords
Related Topics
Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Public Health and Health Policy
Preview
Managing uncertainty: A grounded theory of stigma in transgender health care encounters
Authors
, , ,