Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Patients in the Emergency Department: What Physicians Know, Think, and Do.
Ann Emerg Med
; 71(2): 183-188.e1, 2018 02.
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| ID: mdl-29103796
ABSTRACT
STUDY OBJECTIVE:
We explore self-reported knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of emergency physicians in regard to the care of transgender and gender-nonconforming patients to identify opportunities to improve care of this population.METHODS:
From July to August 2016, we electronically surveyed the American College of Emergency Physicians' Emergency Medicine Practice-Based Research Network of 654 active emergency physician participants. We performed frequency tabulations to analyze the closed-ended response items.RESULTS:
Of the 399 respondents (61% response rate), 88.0% reported caring for transgender and gender-nonconforming patients in the emergency department (ED), although 82.5% had no formal training about this population. The majority of physicians (86.0%) were comfortable asking about personal pronouns. Only 26.1% of respondents knew the most common gender-affirming surgery for female-to-male patients; 9.8% knew the most common nonhormone gender-affirming medication that male-to-female patients use. Almost no respondents (<3%) were aware of emergency medicine practitioners' performing inappropriate examinations on transgender and gender-nonconforming patients.CONCLUSION:
Although transgender and gender-nonconforming people represent a minority of ED patients nationwide, the majority of respondents reported personally providing care to members of this population. Most respondents lacked basic clinical knowledge about transgender and gender-nonconforming care.
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Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Pessoas Transgênero
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article