Podcast #386: Respecting Transgender Patients
Emergency Medical Minute · medicalminute
October 1, 20183m 21s
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Show Notes
Author: Kasey Champion, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Transgender populations are frequent victims of discrimination in healthcare
- Ask transgender patients what their preferred pronoun is
- It is sometimes important to ask about transition status (i.e. on hormones, surgery)
References:
Chisolm-Straker M, Willging C, Daul AD, McNamara S, Sante SC, Shattuck DG 2nd, Crandall CS. Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Patients in the Emergency Department: What Physicians Know, Think, and Do. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Feb;71(2):183-188.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.09.042. Epub 2017 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 29103796.