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When & How to Talk to Your Patients About Their Gender & Sex

June 21, 2018 • By Susan Bernstein

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Gender Affirmation Surgery: Various procedures to alter the external genitalia, internal sexual organs and/or external appearance. Not all transgender individuals have surgery.

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Sources: Trans Student Educational Resources and the U.S. National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health

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Filed Under: Patient Perspective, Professional Topics Tagged With: Gender, sexIssue: June 2018

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