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The State of Transgender Health Care: Policy, Law, and Medical Frameworks

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: I review the current status of transgender people's access to health care in the United States and analyze federal policies regarding health care services for transgender people and the limitations thereof. I suggest a preliminary outline to enhance health care services and recommend the formulation of explicit federal policies regarding the provision of health care services to transgender people in accordance with recently issued medical care guidelines, allocation of research funding, education of health care workers, and implementation of existing nondiscrimination policies. Current policies denying medical coverage for sex reassignment surgery contradict standards of medical care and must be amended.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2013.301789

Author: Daphna Stroumsa

Institutions: Henry Ford Health, University of Michigan, Henry Ford Hospital

Language: English

Topic: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green