Affirming Care for Transgender Patients

Rebecca Green; Kristen L Eckstrand; Morgan Faeder; Sarah Tilstra; Eloho Ufomata

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2022.10.011

Affirming Care for Transgender Patients

Med Clin North Am. 2023 Mar;107(2):371-384. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2022.10.011.

Authors

Rebecca Green¹, Kristen L Eckstrand², Morgan Faeder³, Sarah Tilstra⁴, Eloho Ufomata⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC General Internal Medicine Clinic, Montefiore 9S, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Loeffler Building #301, 121 Meyran Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
³ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Psychiatry CL, 3600 Forbes Avenue, Suite 306, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC General Internal Medicine Clinic, Montefiore 9S, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

PMID: 36759103
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2022.10.011

Abstract

Gender identity is a deeply felt internal sense of self, which may correspond (cisgender) or not correspond (transgender) with the person's assigned sex at birth. Transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse people may choose to affirm their gender in any number of ways including medical gender affirmation. This is a primer on the medical care of transgender individuals which covers an introduction to understanding a common language, history of transgender medical care, creating a welcoming environment, hormone therapy, surgical therapies, fertility considerations, and cancer screening in transgender people.

Keywords: Gender affirmation; Hormone therapy; Transgender; Transgender health.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Gender Identity
Gender-Affirming Care*
Humans
Male
Transgender Persons*