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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Gender-Affirming Care
Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Gender-Affirming Care

Preferred term

Gender-Affirming Care  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Care, Gender-Affirmative
  • Care, Gender-Confirming
  • Gender Affirmative Care
  • Gender-Affirmative Care
  • Gender-Affirmative Cares
  • Gender Affirming Healthcare
  • Gender-Affirming Healthcare
  • Gender-Affirming Healthcares
  • Gender Confirming Care
  • Gender-Confirming Care
  • Gender-Confirming Cares
  • Healthcare, Gender-Affirming

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

  • 2024

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000097962

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