Surgical healthcare needs for transgender patients: surgeons’ perspectives

Helena Gresty, Saiful Miah, Roland Morley Department of Urology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF, UKWe read with great interest the article by Dubin et al,1 who highlighted the specific healthcare needs and barriers the transgender population continues to...

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Main Authors: Gresty H, Miah S, Morley R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Medical Education and Practice
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/letter-transgender-health-care-improving-medical-students-and-res-peer-reviewed-article-AMEP
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Summary:Helena Gresty, Saiful Miah, Roland Morley Department of Urology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF, UKWe read with great interest the article by Dubin et al,1 who highlighted the specific healthcare needs and barriers the transgender population continues to face. Our department is the largest surgical provider in Europe for those transgender patients requiring male-to-female genital reconstruction surgery and would like to provide our unique perspective.2Authors’ replyShane D Morrison1 Samuel N Dubin2 Ian T Nolan2 1Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA; 2New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USAWe thank Dr Miah et al for their insightful perspective on gender-minority healthcare education among surgical trainees in response to our article.1View the original paper by Dubin and colleagues.
ISSN:1179-7258