Primary care needs of patients who have undergone gender reassignment
| Autor: | Mary Sobralske |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Gender Identity Disorder Nurse practitioners medicine.medical_treatment Primary health care Primary care Nurse's Role Professional Competence Healthcare delivery medicine Humans Mass Screening Nurse Practitioners Psychiatry Physical Examination General Nursing Health Services Needs and Demand Primary Health Care business.industry Surgical procedures Self Concept Transsexual Family medicine Practice Guidelines as Topic Female Hormone therapy Nurse-Patient Relations business Transsexualism |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. 17:133-138 |
| ISSN: | 1745-7599 1041-2972 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1041-2972.2005.0021.x |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this article is to inform nurse practitioners (NPs) about the primary care needs of patients who have undergone gender reassignment, either by hormone therapy alone or in conjunction with surgery. Data sources Data sources used were mainly from a review of the literature about gender identity disorder and gender reassignment. Information was also gathered from several leading surgeons on gender reassignment surgical procedures and subsequent clinical considerations. Conclusions There is very little written on the primary care clinical ramifications of transsexual patients and how clinicians can adapt their approaches to healthcare delivery to accommodate their special situations. Implications for practice Implications for practice include how an NP can adapt clinical practice approaches to provide for patients who have undergone gender reassignment. Changes that occur in the transsexual process may warrant noncustomary primary healthcare screening and examination. |
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