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REVIEW (Open Access)

The primary health care of transgender adults

Stuart Aitken
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Evandale Practice, 142 Bundall Road, Bundall, Qld 4217, Australia. Email: Drsaitken@gmail.com

Sexual Health 14(5) 477-483 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH17048
Submitted: 6 March 2017  Accepted: 11 April 2017   Published: 5 June 2017

Journal Compilation © CSIRO 2017 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Gender dysphoria is associated with significant health disparity. Gender services perform specialised activities such as diagnosis, endocrine management and liaison with surgical services. Although providing these specialised transition services appears to be safe and improves well-being, significant health disparity remains. Engaging primary care providers is an important part of any strategy to improve the health care of transgender people. The relationships between gender dysphoria and a range of primary care issues such as mental health, cardiovascular disease and cancer are explored.


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