Management of gender dysphoria in adolescents in primary care

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics (Bonifacio), St. Michael's Hospital; Departments of Pediatric Endocrinology (Palmert) and of Adolescent Medicine (Maser, Stadelman), The Hospital for Sick Children; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Maser), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. bonifacioh@smh.ca mark.palmert@sickkids.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics (Bonifacio), St. Michael's Hospital; Departments of Pediatric Endocrinology (Palmert) and of Adolescent Medicine (Maser, Stadelman), The Hospital for Sick Children; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Maser), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

Review

Joseph H Bonifacio et al. CMAJ. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 21;191(3):E69-E75.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180672.

¹ Department of Pediatrics (Bonifacio), St. Michael's Hospital; Departments of Pediatric Endocrinology (Palmert) and of Adolescent Medicine (Maser, Stadelman), The Hospital for Sick Children; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Maser), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. bonifacioh@smh.ca mark.palmert@sickkids.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics (Bonifacio), St. Michael's Hospital; Departments of Pediatric Endocrinology (Palmert) and of Adolescent Medicine (Maser, Stadelman), The Hospital for Sick Children; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Maser), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Developing inclusive primary care for trans, gender-diverse and nonbinary people.
Lane R. Lane R. CMAJ. 2019 Jan 21;191(3):E61-E62. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.190011. CMAJ. 2019. PMID: 30665974 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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