‘Cultural Humility’ Impacts Patient Safety for Transgender Women Healing From a Vaginoplasty

By: Matt Hopper A common theme among transgender women who undergo a vaginoplasty is their frustration with the health care system and lack of confidence that practitioners can or will provide quality care for gender-affirming procedures (medical procedures that affirm a transgender person’s gender identity). These medical procedures, such as hormone therapy, “top” surgery (i.e.
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Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - January 17, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Editor Tags: Health Equity On the Pulse LGBT postoperative transgender Source Type: blogs