Growing up, when children had to go to the doctor, they may have felt anxiety and fear –perhaps due to vaccinations—as they grow older those emotions tend to fade away. However, for some groups of patients, those emotions still thrive; for completely different reasons. The patients that are being specifically referred to are transgendered. In the United States it’s observed to have become more accepting towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community through marriage laws, policies of protection, among others.
Nevertheless, due to this recent acceptance there is a lack of research or knowledge on the subject of the LGBT – emphasis on the T – and that can be damaging to the person; particularly when involving health-care (Lim, Brown, & Justin Kim, 2014). Transgender patients may enter a doctor’s office with the possibility of having to educate their provider or face discrimination from their provider; these are the reasons that the patient may experience fear and anxiety (Belluardo-Crosby & Lillis, 2012; Dowshen, Nguyen, Gilbert, Feiler, & Margo, 2014; Rondahl, 2009). The research paper will …show more content…
Throughout the paper, the umbrella term will be used unless specifically referring the latter. The former is a matter of how a person’s identity differs from their biological self; the individual may express this through behaviour and/or outer appearance. It is believed that the human mind is the determining factor to self-identification. The latter is considered to be extremely similar to the former; however, it differs in that the individuals are proactive in making physical changes. (Belluardo-Crosby & Lillis, 2012; Lev, 2004; Stein, 2004a) These changes are often made through the use of hormone therapy (HT) and sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) (Zunner & Grace,
Nevertheless, due to this recent acceptance there is a lack of research or knowledge on the subject of the LGBT – emphasis on the T – and that can be damaging to the person; particularly when involving health-care (Lim, Brown, & Justin Kim, 2014). Transgender patients may enter a doctor’s office with the possibility of having to educate their provider or face discrimination from their provider; these are the reasons that the patient may experience fear and anxiety (Belluardo-Crosby & Lillis, 2012; Dowshen, Nguyen, Gilbert, Feiler, & Margo, 2014; Rondahl, 2009). The research paper will …show more content…
Throughout the paper, the umbrella term will be used unless specifically referring the latter. The former is a matter of how a person’s identity differs from their biological self; the individual may express this through behaviour and/or outer appearance. It is believed that the human mind is the determining factor to self-identification. The latter is considered to be extremely similar to the former; however, it differs in that the individuals are proactive in making physical changes. (Belluardo-Crosby & Lillis, 2012; Lev, 2004; Stein, 2004a) These changes are often made through the use of hormone therapy (HT) and sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) (Zunner & Grace,