12 Tips For Nurses And Doctors Treating Transgender Patients

commonhealth.wbur.org – Martha Bebinger

Massachusetts is drafting rules that will define the transgender services insurers will be required to cover. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has just released guidance on training doctors to treat lesbian, gay, transgender and gender nonconforming patients. And Boston University Medical School has what Dr. Joshua Safer, a professor there, says is the nation’s first transgender medicine curriculum focused on the biology of gender identity.