"What's the right thing to do?" Correctional healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and experiences caring for transgender inmates.

ABSTRACT:

Rational

Incarcerated transgender individuals may need to access physical and mental health services to meet their general and gender-affirming (e.g., hormones, surgery) medical needs while incarcerated.

Objective

This study sought to examine correctional healthcare providers' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experiences providing care to transgender inmates.

Method

In 2016, 20 correctional healthcare providers (e.g., physicians, social workers, psychologists, mental health counselors) from New England participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews examining their experiences caring for transgender inmates. The interview guide drew on healthcare-related interviews with recently incarcerated transgender women and key informant interviews with correctional heal

SUBMITTER: Clark KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695233 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature