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Transgender-inclusive care
June Sing Hong Lam and Alex Abramovich
CMAJ January 21, 2019 191 (3) E79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180954
June Sing Hong Lam
Department of Psychiatry (Lam); Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Abramovich), University of Toronto; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Abramovich), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.
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Department of Psychiatry (Lam); Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Abramovich), University of Toronto; Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Abramovich), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.
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Transgender-inclusive care
June Sing Hong Lam, Alex Abramovich
CMAJ Jan 2019, 191 (3) E79; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180954
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- Population studies estimate that 0.5% of adults (about 25 million people worldwide) identify as transgender1
- Medical guidelines on providing care for transgender individuals have been published
- Transgender men with a cervix are less likely than cisgender women to have up-to-date Papanicolaou screening
- Fertility preservation should be discussed with transgender individuals before starting hormone therapy
- Transgender individuals should be asked about suicidality and their mental health
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