I am your trans patient

Lewis EB; Vincent B; Brett A; Gibson S; Walsh RJ

doi:10.1530/ey.15.6.10

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ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology (2018) 15 6.10 | DOI: 10.1530/ey.15.6.10

ESPEYB15 6 Gender Dysphoria and Disorders of Sex Development Food for thought (1 abstracts)

6.10 I am your trans patient

Lewis EB , Vincent B , Brett A , Gibson S & Walsh RJ

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This group of authors act as private persons in the present context and do not refer to any university affiliation for this task

To read the full abstract: BMJ. 2017 Jun 30;357:j2963

This group of 5 transgender and non-medical professional authors has written a unique “What Your Patient is Thinking” article published in the BMJ. Their aim was to tell health care providers, and others who manage transgender people, how they want to be received and treated and what went wrong in many previous meetings with the health care system and members of society. This is an important paper, which should be read by all medical doctors. Transgender people constitute a particularly sensitive and vulnerable group, but also other groups of patients deserve to be mentioned in this context in future articles on “What Your Patient is Thinking”. Again, this subject is particularly relevant for pediatricians as long-term follow-up of our patients into adulthood is difficult to pursue. Therefore, it is rare to obtain distinct views from adult patients on what was good and what was bad in the previous pediatric management. For those who care for transgender youth and adults, this paper is a must.