How Do Prescribing Clinicians Obtain Consent to Initiate Gender-Affirming Hormones?

Gaines Blasdel Avery R EverhartColt St AmandMonica GaddisFrances W Grimstad

Published in: Transgender health (2023)

Clinicians across fields are utilizing different models to provide the same treatment, with varying rationales for the same model. As a result, patients receive nonstandard access to care despite similar clinical presentations. Our study highlights an important area for further improvement in GAHT care.

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