International speaker, consultant, and author who serves as a gender subject matter expert in inclusion, diversity, and health care.
AMA J Ethics. 2023 Jun 1;25(6):E452-457. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.452.
Over the past decade, ways of defining self in relation to gender identity and forms of expression have widely expanded. Along with this expansion of identifying language, there has been an increase in medical professionals and clinics specializing in providing gender care. Yet many barriers to providing this care still exist for clinicians-including their comfort with and knowledge about collecting and retaining a patient's demographic information, respecting the name and pronouns a patient goes by, and providing overall ethical care. This article shares one transgender person's numerous health care encounters over 20 years as both a patient and a professional.
在过去的十年中，与性别认同和表达形式相关的自我定义方式已经广泛扩展。随着识别语言的扩展，专门提供性别护理的医疗专业人员和诊所也有所增加。然而，临床医生在提供这种护理方面仍然存在许多障碍，包括他们对收集和保留患者人口统计信息的舒适度和了解程度、尊重患者所使用的姓名和代词，以及提供整体道德护理。本文分享了一位跨性别者在 20 多年的时间里作为患者和专业人士的多次医疗保健经历。
