The significance of structural stigma towards transgender people in health care encounters across Europe: Health care access, gender identity disclosure, and discrimination in health care as a function of national legislation and public attitudes

The significance of structural stigma towards transgender people in health care encounters across Europe: Health care access, gender identity disclosure, and discrimination in health care as a function of national legislation and public attitudes

Abstract Background According to the minority stress theory, stigma affects the health of marginalized populations. Previous stigma research has focused on the health effects of individual and interpersonal stigma, paying less attention to structural factors. Laws on legal gender recognition affect...

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Main Authors: Felicitas Falck, Richard Bränström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Transgender
Discrimination
Minority stress
Stigma
Policy
Health care seeking
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15856-9

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