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Health Care Limitations Available To Transgender Teenagers: A Systematic Review Of The Literature, Yessenia Madrigal, Michael Curtis
Health Care Limitations Available To Transgender Teenagers: A Systematic Review Of The Literature, Yessenia Madrigal, Michael Curtis
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This systematic review of literature explores the current academic literature that is available in regards to transgender teenagers, their healthcare options and the services that are available to these teenagers and any obstacles they face when seeking and obtaining healthcare services. This review specifically focuses on transgender teenagers and their family’s experiences and the lack of support given to them at different levels in different healthcare facilities. For this review a total of 29 articles were included in the final literature review and were categorized into different areas: the detrimental effects of non-accepting parents are explained healthcare options available, the …