Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, Bettws Y Coed, 151 N Merion Avenue, Bryn Mwar, PA 19010, USA.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, 555 N Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Clin Lab Med. 2024 Dec;44(4):719-728. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2024.07.012. Epub 2024 Aug 16.
This review article will discuss the impact of implicit and systematic bias on the health of transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals and highlight barriers that TGNC people experience in accessing health care. The importance of affirmative care in improving the health of TGNC people will be described, followed by recommendations for gender inclusive practices that clinical laboratories can adopt to provide more inclusive care for TGNC people.
这篇综述文章将讨论隐性和系统性偏见对跨性别和性别不一致(TGNC)个体健康的影响,并强调 TGNC 人群在获得医疗保健方面所面临的障碍。本文将描述肯定性护理在改善 TGNC 人群健康方面的重要性,随后提出临床实验室可以采用的性别包容实践建议,以为 TGNC 人群提供更具包容性的护理。