Journal
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 555-558Publisher
ANNALS FAMILY MEDICINE
DOI: 10.1370/afm.2298
Keywords
transgender persons; primary health care; Papanicolaou test
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- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Student Award Program
- Graduate Medical Education Fund at Henry Ford Hospital
- New York Community Trust's Robert and Ellen Popper Scholarship Fund
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Transgender patients report negative experiences in health care settings, but little is known about clinicians' willingness to see transgender patients. We surveyed 308 primary care clinicians in an integrated Midwest health system and 53% responded. Most respondents were willing to provide routine care to transgender patients (85.7%) and Papanicolaou (Pap) tests (78.6%) to transgender men. Willingness to provide routine care decreased with age; willingness to provide Pap tests was higher among family physicians, those who had met a transgender person, and those with lower transphobia. Medical education should address professional and personal factors related to caring for the transgender population to increase access.
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