%0 Journal Article
%T Primary Care CliniciansĄŻ Willingness to Care for Transgender Patients
%A Daphna Stroumsa
%A Deirdre A. Shires
%A Kim D. Jaffee
%A Michael R. Woodford
%J Archive of "Annals of Family Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.1370/afm.2298
%X Transgender patients report negative experiences in health care settings, but little is known about cliniciansĄŻ 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
%K transgender persons
%K primary health care
%K Papanicolaou test
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231925/