PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deirdre A. Shires
AU  - Daphna Stroumsa
AU  - Kim D. Jaffee
AU  - Michael R. Woodford
TI  - Primary Care Clinicians’ Willingness to Care for Transgender Patients
AID  - 10.1370/afm.2298
DP  - 2018 Nov 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 555--558
VI  - 16
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/16/6/555.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/16/6/555.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2018 Nov 01; 16
AB  - Transgender patients report negative experiences in health care settings, but little is known about clinicians’ 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.