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Title: A Sensitive Nursing Subject Healthcare providers have victimized transgendered
Post by: Shana A on June 24, 2009, 01:35:00 PM
Post by: Shana A on June 24, 2009, 01:35:00 PM
A Sensitive Nursing Subject
Healthcare providers have victimized transgendered patients in many ways.
By Barbara Chamberlain, PhD, APN, CCRN & Brenda Vogt, MSN, RN
Posted on: June 24, 2009
http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=201728 (http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=201728)
When healthcare providers (HCPs) think of vulnerable populations, children, prisoners, adults with limited capacity to consent, and non-English speaking patients immediately come to mind. Missing from this list is the individual with gender identity issues. Generally, HCPs know little about caring for individuals in this group, including the transgendered population.
Although HCPs don't actually know how many transgendered individuals there are because they must self-identify, they do know that across cultures people have different beliefs about gender-related issues. Cultures differ in their definitions of words such as masculine, feminine, male and female.
Title: A Sensitive Nursing Subject
Post by: Natasha on June 24, 2009, 05:24:27 PM
Post by: Natasha on June 24, 2009, 05:24:27 PM
A Sensitive Nursing Subject
http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=201728 (http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=201728)
6/24/09
When healthcare providers (HCPs) think of vulnerable populations, children, prisoners, adults with limited capacity to consent, and non-English speaking patients immediately come to mind. Missing from this list is the individual with gender identity issues. Generally, HCPs know little about caring for individuals in this group, including the transgendered population.
Although HCPs don't actually know how many transgendered individuals there are because they must self-identify, they do know that across cultures people have different beliefs about gender-related issues. Cultures differ in their definitions of words such as masculine, feminine, male and female.
http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=201728 (http://nursing.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=201728)
6/24/09
When healthcare providers (HCPs) think of vulnerable populations, children, prisoners, adults with limited capacity to consent, and non-English speaking patients immediately come to mind. Missing from this list is the individual with gender identity issues. Generally, HCPs know little about caring for individuals in this group, including the transgendered population.
Although HCPs don't actually know how many transgendered individuals there are because they must self-identify, they do know that across cultures people have different beliefs about gender-related issues. Cultures differ in their definitions of words such as masculine, feminine, male and female.