AMA Journal of Ethics^®

This visual abstract is based on an article from the February 2020 issue of the journal.

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

Despite common outcomes of GRS, decision making about surgical care differs among patients across the lifespan.

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.

Nutrition care processes account for a person’s biological sex characteristics but do not adequately address their gender.

Dr Whitney Riley Linsenmeyer joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article: “Should Clinicians Care About How Food Behaviors Express Gender Identity?”

Ryan Sallans, MA joins Ethics Teaching and Learning to discuss how to make health care spaces welcoming for LGBTQ+ patients.

All harm resulting from negligence is iatrogenic, but not all iatrogenic injury is negligent.

Dr Ximena Lopez joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Antonio D. Garcia: “How Cisgender Clinicians Can Help Prevent Harm During Encounters With Transgender Patients.”

Transgender people commonly experience discrimination from clinicians, which directly contributes to worse mental and physical health outcomes.