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PERSPECTIVE: PART II

WHAT’S IN A NAME?: RESPECT AND IDENTITY IN TRANSGENDER CARE

This month, the Society of General Internal Medicine will hold its 2019 Annual Meeting, with a particular focus on advocacy and equity. Although the transgender community has received more societal awareness in recent years they have still not achieved equity in health care, as demonstrated by well-documented health disparities between cis and transgender patients. The American Academy of Pediatrics found that 30% of male-to-female transgender adolescents and 51% of female-to-male transgender teens report having attempted suicide… Download the full article below.


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