Co-Division Chief/Medical Director of Breast Imaging, University of Vermont Medical Center, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.
Division Director of Breast Imaging, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 Mar;18(3 Pt B):475-480. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2020.10.008.
Transgender people have a gender identity that differs from their natal sex and experience many forms of discrimination, including within the health care field. Although transgender patients only comprise 0.6% of the adult US population, they frequently require imaging evaluation. Few published articles provide data-driven research on optimizing education of the radiology care team and delivery of inclusive and respectful imaging care to this vulnerable population; existing data suggest prior areas of success and prior areas of failure. Here, we offer specific recommendations on how radiology care team members can better serve transgender patients and begin generating much needed evidence-based best practices to improve their imaging health and care.
跨性别者的性别认同与其出生时的性别不同，他们经历着多种形式的歧视，包括在医疗保健领域。尽管跨性别患者仅占美国成年人口的 0.6%，但他们经常需要进行影像学评估。很少有发表的文章提供有关优化放射科护理团队教育以及为这一弱势群体提供包容和尊重的影像学护理的数据驱动研究；现有数据表明了先前的成功领域和失败领域。在这里，我们提供了具体建议，说明放射科护理团队成员如何更好地为跨性别患者服务，并开始制定急需的循证最佳实践，以改善他们的影像学健康和护理。
