Transgender Veterans Care: Under Review?
by: Autumn Sandeen
Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 18:30:00 PM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9602Note: All the images in this diary are selectable, and selecting document images will take you to specific documents that are related to this Pam's House Blend diary.
In June, the American Medical Association approved a new policy on the care of transgender patients, effectively putting [Veterans Administration] policy at odds with the recommendations of the nation's largest doctors group.
--Carol Ann Alaimo, writing for the Arizona Star
[The] VA is in the process of rewriting its directive excluding gender-reassignment surgery and will be conducting a review of the evidence base on this issue. The current policy may continue or may change, but our decision will be based on the available evidence, not on the AMA's resolution.
--Terry Jemison, VA spokesman, as quoted in the same Arizona Star article
