Transgender Patient Preferences When Discussing Gender in Health Care Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Transgender (trans) patients report frequent discriminatory and harmful experiences in health care settings; gender-affirming, competent health care improves trans individuals' health and well-being.

Objective

To identify factors influencing trans patients' decision-making regarding sharing gender-related information with providers (clinicians, health care organizations, health care systems) and trans patient preferences for gender-related questions, as well as the subsequent impact on health care experiences.

Design, setting, and participants

A qualitative, interpretivist phenomenological study was conducted via telephone or video (using Zoom) in English and Spanish from August 10 to September 11, 2020. Participants were recruited via trans-specific social

SUBMITTER: Harner V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877454 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature