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Abstract
A supportive healthcare, consisting of medical, surgical, mental health, and non-medical services for TRANSGENDER PERSONS and GENDER-NONCONFORMING PERSONS. Medical and psychosocial gender affirming healthcare practices may lower rates of adverse mental health outcomes, build SELF ESTEEM, and improve overall QUALITY OF LIFE for transgender and gender diverse youth (https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/gender-affirming-care-young-people-march-2022.pdf).
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- Gender-Affirmative Care
- Gender-Affirming Healthcare
- Gender-Confirming Care
- Care, Gender-Affirmative
- Care, Gender-Affirming
- Care, Gender-Confirming
- Gender Affirmative Care
- Gender Affirming Care
- Gender Affirming Healthcare
- Gender Confirming Care
- Gender-Affirmative Cares
- Gender-Affirming Cares
- Gender-Affirming Healthcares
- Gender-Confirming Cares
- Healthcare, Gender-Affirming
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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2024
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- Transgender Persons (2016-2023)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Gender-Affirming Care. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000097962. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000097962
- Gender-Affirming Care. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123822804