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The expectations of transgender people in the face of their health-care access difficulties and how they can be overcome. A qualitative study in France.

Emmanuel AlloryEllie DuvalMarion CaroffCandan KendirRaphaël MagnanBernard BrauElinore Lapadu-HargueSidonie Chhor
Published in: Primary health care research & development (2020)
Difficulties in accessing health-care occurred at all the levels of the primary health-care system: primary care providers - transgender people interaction, access to the primary care team facility (starting with the secretariat), access to secondary care specialists, and continuity of care. Transgender people report ill-adapted health-care services as a result of gender-based identification in health-care settings. Their main expectation was depsychiatrization and self-determination. They supported mixed health network comprising primary care providers and transgender people with a coordinating role for the general practitioner. These expectations should be priorities to consider in our primary health-care system to improve access to health-care for transgender people.
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