Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 348-361 , September 2009

“I Don't Think This Is Theoretical; This Is Our Lives”: How Erasure Impacts Health Care for Transgender People

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 Editors' note: This article contains graphic language and content. JANAC's editorial staff is dedicated to preserving the integrity of the work of all of our authors. In qualitative research, this includes input from participants who are willing to share their experiences with the researcher and—eventually—with the reader. In this article, we have honored those individuals by leaving their words intact.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.07.004

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 348-361 , September 2009

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