AMA Journal of Ethics^®

This article shares one transgender person’s numerous health care encounters over 20 years, as both a patient and a professional.

Trust is a social condition that positions science to beneficially contribute to democratic societies.

This commentary on a case considers a transgender patient’s mental health and risk for DVT in ethical decision making about feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy.

Success in uterus transplantation among ciswomen suggests that transwomen and some transmen will also likely have interest in this intervention.

This letter responds to readers’ recent letter to the editor.

This article canvasses states’ legal prohibitions and challenges to them and considers consequences for clinicians and patients.

Estelle v Gamble (1976) reiterates that the 8th Amendment to the US Constitution requires adequate care to be offered to all people who are incarcerated.

Tension between realistic goals and unrealistic views about how to achieve them is compounded when patients are eager to revise a prior surgeon’s gender-affirming procedure.

While transgender health care has moved beyond “gender identity disorder” and “gender dysphoria” as mental illnesses, gender incongruence continues to be a source of oppression.

Our letter objects to the inclusion, in the April issue, of "Answers to Patient, Student, and Clinician Questions About How Animals Are Slaughtered and Used for Food," by Temple Grandin.