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What Makes a Mother? Suffering – NYTimes.com.

Thanks to Kayt Havens, MD, for sending this to me. As she mentioned to me, it is a sweet article, about the transition of a dad to a mom.

It makes me think, changing the medical profession is at times nothing but grief, too. People should try it more often. We are.

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Now Reading: Care of Transsexual Persons — NEJM, in the era of inclusion


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Gooren LJ. Care of Transsexual Persons. New England Journal of Medicine. 2011;364(13):1251–1257.

Care of Transsexual Persons — NEJM – I’m not going to summarize this article because many of its recommendations are now outdated, even though it was published in 2011. You can access WPATH guidelines for the most accurate information. See: Now Reading: Choosing Wisely : Standards of Care for the Health of Trans People | [...]

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In a groundbreaking directive to health plans, the DMHC confirmed that California’s Insurance Non-Discrimination Act of 2006, authored by former Assemblymember Paul Koretz, guarantees all people the right to access coverage for medically necessary care regardless of their gender identity or gender expression.

via California Bans Insurance Discrimination Against Transgender Patients | Transgender Law Center.

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MedEdPortal – Call for Submissions – to improve LGBT / DSD curricula in Medical Schools


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When I was at the AAMC Joint Meeting of the … (see: Dialogue about #hcsm at the 2013 #AAMCJtMtg – Academic Medicine and Social Media | Ted Eytan, MD), I was of course talking about the future, and that includes a more inclusive medical school curriculum around issues related to people who are LGBT (including, [...]

Asking about sex affirmation surgery – a review of the numbers


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Survey – should medicare pay for sex-change (italics by me) surgery – In one of the responses there’s an enlightening back of the napkin calculation of the potential costs of sex affirmation surgery, which point out important numbers about the prevalence of this rare condition. Much lower than the amount of emotion attached to the [...]

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#nhssm : the RCGP’s Patient Online: The Road Map -
Recently the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) launched their Patient Online: The Road Map document which sets out how patients and GPs will be able to interact online over the next few years. I wondered how many patients actually knew that Patient Online existed.

Currently only 1% actually have access to any of the facilities, why? The answer is simple; the functionality has not been enabled by the practice. In fact only 37% of GP practices have actually enabled the functionality. As a patient I find that staggering. 42 million people have taken the time to register to say they wish to use the facility yet the “on” button hasn’t yet been pressed.

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Ad Man’s Meatless Mission – WSJ.com

“Mr. Lerner, 82 years old, is an ad man who had a long career designing campaigns for products like Charmin toilet paper and companies including Texaco. About a decade ago, he turned his attention to health.”

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