gender identity

Medical term Patient Preparation

A person's inner sense of their own gender, which may differ from the sex recorded at birth; ask the patient's name and pronouns rather than guess.

Sources

• Bhatt N, Cannella J, Gentile JP. Gender-affirming Care for Transgender Patients. Innov Clin Neurosci 2022 (PMC9341318) · PubMed Central (NIH National Library of Medicine)
• Streed CG Jr et al. Health Communication and Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression. Med Clin North Am 2022 (PMC9219031) · PubMed Central (NIH National Library of Medicine)
• Consider Culture: Tool 10, AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 3rd Edition · Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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