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The Transgender Cancer Experience: A Conversation Between an Oncologist and a Transmasculine Individual on Navigating the Healthcare System
Episode 138
Published 3 years, 4 months ago
Description
In this episode, activist and breast cancer survivor Yee Won Chong shares his experience as a transmasculine person navigating the healthcare system with Norma Steiner, MD, a gynecologic oncologist, who in turn offers her perspective on caring for patients across the gender spectrum. Topics include:
- 4 aspects of transgender care: emotional, social, medical, legal
- Getting language right and how to gracefully recover from fumbles
- Sensitively approaching ongoing cancer care in transmasculine and transfeminine individuals
- Handling billing and charting challenges when caring for transgender patients
- Ideas for institutional change to improve healthcare for transgender individuals
Presenters:
Yee Won Chong
Co-filmmaker, Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer
Senior Fellow, Racial Equity
Western States Center
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategist and Consultant
Portland, Oregon
Norma Steiner, MD
Gynecological Oncologist
Northwest Permanente
Portland, Oregon
Link to full program:
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