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How Should Physicians Refer When Referral Options Are Limited for Transgender Patients?
- Source :
- AMA Journal of Ethics; Dec2016, Vol. 18 Issue 12, p1070-1078, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Transgender people encounter many barriers to health care, and recommendations about where their treatment would best be offered can promote or thwart good care. This case examines the care setting from the perspective of a patient whose experiences with specialists have been negative. We argue that an ethos of harm reduction and informed consent, with a strong emphasis on continuity of care within a primary care setting, should guide questions about how to refer transgender patients to caregivers and to good care settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- THERAPEUTIC use of sex hormones
THERAPEUTICS
MEDICAL quality control
HEALTH services accessibility
GENDER affirmation surgery
HORMONES
PATERNALISM
PHYSICIAN-patient relations
DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
PATIENT satisfaction
SOCIAL stigma
PRIMARY health care
HARM reduction
INFORMED consent (Medical law)
CONTINUUM of care
MEDICAL protocols
GENDER identity
MEDICAL ethics
MEDICAL referrals
MEDICAL practice
INSURANCE
MEDICAL specialties & specialists
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23766980
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AMA Journal of Ethics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120018829
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.ecas1-1611