Transgender patients outed by the health-care system
'I will die of pneumonia before being called Mr. once more in the emergency room'
By Max Harrold, THE GAZETTE December 13, 2011 7:36 AM
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Transgender+patients+outed+health+care+system/5854368/story.html (http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Transgender+patients+outed+health+care+system/5854368/story.html)
MONTREAL - For most sick people in a doctor's waiting room, a walk-in clinic or the hospital emergency, the etiquette of the receptionist, nurse and doctor is not likely the top priority. Getting better is.
But for people in the years-long process of transitioning genders, the name called out and the pronouns used can be the difference between medical treatment and psychological torture.
Many Quebec health-care workers routinely out transsexuals by arguing in public about their name and sex as indicated on the medicare card, advocates for trans people say.
Link is broken already. hmm.
Maybe this will work: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Transgender+patients+outed+health+care+system/5854368/story.html (http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Transgender+patients+outed+health+care+system/5854368/story.html)
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