"Just Like Any Other Patient": Transgender Stigma among Physicians in Puerto Rico
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AIDS-Related Stigma and Health Professionals in Puerto Rico.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1548-6869
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2019.0089