Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An Overview
Transgender healthcare is an evolving multispecialty field including medical and social domains catering to the needs of a specific subset of population presenting with gender incongruence, differences in sexual development/orientation, requiring care rather than cure. Delivery of transgender health...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2022-04-01
|
| Series: | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1749103 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849737103063121920 |
|---|---|
| author | Sanjay Sharma Bela Sharma |
| author_facet | Sanjay Sharma Bela Sharma |
| author_sort | Sanjay Sharma |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Transgender healthcare is an evolving multispecialty field including medical and social domains catering to the needs of a specific subset of population presenting with gender incongruence, differences in sexual development/orientation, requiring care rather than cure. Delivery of transgender healthcare is done through gender friendly healthcare facilities, which are designated as “gender affirmative care clinics (GACC).” The primary purpose of the gender affirmative care clinic is to be the “one stop solution” for a person seeking affirmative care. The main objective is to facilitate care with compassion and prevent/mitigate dysphoria. The components of the GACC should include reception cum front office; affirmative mental healthcare department; affirmative medical, surgical, and sexual healthcare department; diagnostics, legal, and ethics department, as well as inpatient care. The GACC should be preferably located in a place that is easily accessible to the community members and has an “open plan.” |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-7cd10674fc5e4a698b2953b95c3f6c2f |
| institution | DOAJ |
| issn | 0970-0358 1998-376X |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2022-04-01 |
| publisher | Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| spelling | doaj-art-7cd10674fc5e4a698b2953b95c3f6c2f2025-08-20T03:07:04ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2022-04-01550214414810.1055/s-0042-1749103Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An OverviewSanjay Sharma0Bela Sharma1ATHI, Association for Transgender Health in India, Board Member WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health), WPATH GEI SOC7 Certified Member, Gurgaon, Haryana, IndiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, FMRI, Gurgaon, Haryana, IndiaTransgender healthcare is an evolving multispecialty field including medical and social domains catering to the needs of a specific subset of population presenting with gender incongruence, differences in sexual development/orientation, requiring care rather than cure. Delivery of transgender healthcare is done through gender friendly healthcare facilities, which are designated as “gender affirmative care clinics (GACC).” The primary purpose of the gender affirmative care clinic is to be the “one stop solution” for a person seeking affirmative care. The main objective is to facilitate care with compassion and prevent/mitigate dysphoria. The components of the GACC should include reception cum front office; affirmative mental healthcare department; affirmative medical, surgical, and sexual healthcare department; diagnostics, legal, and ethics department, as well as inpatient care. The GACC should be preferably located in a place that is easily accessible to the community members and has an “open plan.”http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1749103gender incongruencetransgender healthcaregender friendly healthcare facilitiesgender affirmative care teamgender affirmative care clinics |
| spellingShingle | Sanjay Sharma Bela Sharma Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An Overview Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery gender incongruence transgender healthcare gender friendly healthcare facilities gender affirmative care team gender affirmative care clinics |
| title | Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An Overview |
| title_full | Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An Overview |
| title_fullStr | Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An Overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An Overview |
| title_short | Gender Affirmative Care Clinic: An Overview |
| title_sort | gender affirmative care clinic an overview |
| topic | gender incongruence transgender healthcare gender friendly healthcare facilities gender affirmative care team gender affirmative care clinics |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1749103 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sanjaysharma genderaffirmativecareclinicanoverview AT belasharma genderaffirmativecareclinicanoverview |