Gender-Affirming Surgical Care in Carceral Settings.

N Engl J Med

From the Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI (M.M., J.D.R.); the Department of Medicine, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston (C.S.); and the GenderCare Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston (C.S.).

Published: January 2025

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