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Transgender patients have special needs in the ER

Started by Bardoux, November 07, 2013, 04:59:17 AM

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Bardoux

November 07, 2013, 04:59:17 AM
Transgender patients have special needs in the ER
November 5th

While approximately one-third of transgender (trans) patients needed emergency care in the previous year, only 71 percent of those with self-reported need indicated they were able to obtain care, which researchers theorize may be due to "perceptions and previous experiences of trans-related discrimination or poor care." The Canadian study, the first to analyze emergency department avoidance, use and experience by trans people, was published online Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

"Patients who have had trans-specific negative experiences in other parts of the health care system may defer care until they are desperate and need the ER," said lead study author Greta Bauer, PhD, MPH, of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in London, Ontario, Canada. "The good news is that nearly three-quarters of those who needed emergency care were able to get it in the ER. The bad news is that so many still were not."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131105112645.htm
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LordKAT

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November 07, 2013, 07:54:55 AM
The ER sucks for trans patients. been there, done that, and very recently.
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