Challenging Concerns of Transgender Community Amidst COVID-19

A 30-year-old transgender woman was admitted to the dedicated COVID hospital. She presented with mild symptoms and had various psychosocial insecurities, which remained unattended on reaching our health-care facility. From being left alone by her peers, lack of proper deliverance of information, and...

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Autores principales: Thankachan, Alice, Rathore, Puneet, Kumar, Sanjeev, Shweta, Krishnapriya, V, Haokip, Nengneivah, Bhatnagar, Sushma, Bhopale, Shweta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088112
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_166_20
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Sumario:A 30-year-old transgender woman was admitted to the dedicated COVID hospital. She presented with mild symptoms and had various psychosocial insecurities, which remained unattended on reaching our health-care facility. From being left alone by her peers, lack of proper deliverance of information, and the stigma attached to the gender issues made her anxious and fearful. Although there are studies showing the prevalence of psychosocial burden in transgender people, a comprehensive approach led by a palliative care physician is yet to be initiated.

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