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Editorial
. 2021 Nov;36(11):3559-3561.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07001-2. Epub 2021 Jul 12.

Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Transgender Healthcare: Where We Are and What We Need to Do About It

David Michael Warner 2nd  1   2 , Arunab Harish Mehta  3   4
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Editorial

Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Transgender Healthcare: Where We Are and What We Need to Do About It

David Michael Warner 2nd et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: barriers to transgender healthcare; transgender health; transgender health disparities; transgender healthcare; transgender healthcare barriers.

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The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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