Third-year medical student at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Pediatric endocrinologist and associate professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
AMA J Ethics. 2022 Aug 1;24(8):E753-761. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.753.
Transgender people commonly experience discrimination from clinicians, which directly contributes to worse mental and physical health outcomes among this population. This article describes mechanisms by which stigma perpetuates health inequity among transgender patients and highlights its unique effects on transgender patients of color. The article concludes with recommendations to cisgender clinicians on how to help prevent stigmatizing interactions with transgender patients.
跨性别者通常会受到临床医生的歧视,这直接导致该群体的身心健康状况更差。本文描述了污名化如何在跨性别患者中延续健康不平等,并强调了其对跨性别有色人种患者的独特影响。文章最后向顺性别临床医生提出了一些建议,以帮助他们避免与跨性别患者产生污名化的互动。