Affirming Transgender Youths' Names and Pronouns in the Electronic Medical Record

JAMA Pediatr. 2020 May 1;174(5):501-503. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.6071.

Abstract

This survey study assesses preferences concerning name and pronoun documentation in the electronic medical record and investigates how these preferences differ by demographic and gender-related characteristics among transgender youths seeking care at a specialty gender clinic.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Electronic Health Records / standards*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Names*
  • Transgender Persons*
  • United States