Assessing Patient Satisfaction Among Transgender Individuals Seeking Medical Services
| Autor: | Jesse R. Smith, Lawrence J. Gottlieb, Arthur Zayne Washington, Shane D. Morrison |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Gender dysphoria medicine.medical_specialty Population MEDLINE Stigma (botany) Transgender Persons Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient satisfaction Transgender medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education education.field_of_study business.industry Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease Medical services Patient Satisfaction 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Female Surgery business Inclusion (education) |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Plastic Surgery. 81:725-729 |
| ISSN: | 1536-3708 0148-7043 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/sap.0000000000001582 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Gender dysphoria is estimated to occur in up to 0.4% of the US population. Gender-confirming surgery (GCS) has been shown to improve the quality of life of transgender patients. However, a dearth of standardized and reliable measures specific to transgender individuals exists to objectively gauge sensitivity and competency among providers caring for these patients. METHODS A comprehensive literature search of PubMed, MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, and Cochrane databases using search terms related to provider competency and sensitivity during consultation for GCS was conducted for studies published through December 2017. Data were gathered from the publications that met inclusion criteria. RESULTS The total number of articles focusing on transgender persons was 14 of more than 75,000 patient satisfaction-oriented published articles ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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