Clinic a healthy haven for trans homelessBY VICKI RITTERBAND | FEBRUARY 14, 2012 | Retrieved from the Internet on February 22, 2012 by SJ
http://www.baywindows.com/Clinic-a-healthy-haven-for-trans-homeless
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Nurse Pam Klein takes Helen's blood pressure at the transgender clinic. (Vicki Ritterband)Clinic a healthy haven for trans homeless
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Nurse Pam Klein takes Helen's blood pressure at the transgender clinic. (Vicki Ritterband)
Boston Health Care for the Homeless program cares for transgender patients in specialized clinic.
In most ways, Helen's appointment with nurse Pam Klein resembles any other check-in with a healthcare provider. Klein takes her vital signs and weighs her; asks her about her smoking; screens her for depression and examines her tongue, which has been bothering her for weeks. Then Klein looks at the electronic medical record (EMR) on her monitor and grins: "The system says you need a pap smear," says Klein. "But we know you don't."
