Seeking gender-affirming medical care: A phenomenological inquiry on skillful coping with transgender and non-binary adults in the United States Midwest
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Published:2023-12-29
Issue:3
Volume:7
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ISSN:2532-2044
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Container-title:Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare
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language:
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Short-container-title:Qual Res Med Healthc
Author:
Heiden-Rootes KatieORCID, Meyer Dixie, Sledge Renata, Davis Bryce K.ORCID, Drallmeier Theresa, Linsenmeyer WhitneyORCID, Levine SamanthaORCID, Dalton Michelle R.
Abstract
This study sought to understand how transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) individuals skillfully cope with healthcare services and to explore how childhood experiences impact expectations, habits, and meaning-making when utilizing healthcare services. Using an interpretive phenomenological approach, we sampled 17, White TGNB adults in the United States, ages 19 to 57, using semi-structed interviews about childhood experiences with healthcare utilization and adult experiences seeking genderaffirming healthcare. Analysis identified one main theme—Anticipate the worst in healthcare and be pleasantly surprised—and three subthemes: i) contrast between positive childhood and negative adulthood experiences in medical care; ii) coping practices for the worst; and iii) finding your unicorn doctor and medical staff for pleasant experiences. Results indicate participants experienced a disruption and acquisition of new coping practices in healthcare settings and the cultivation of a radical imagination for a more liberated medical world for TGNB people. Implications for providers and medical offices for empowering TGNB adults are described.
Publisher
PAGEPress Publications
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Building and Construction
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