Uitspraken van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie over transgenderzorg (2015)
Geplaatst: 25 jun 2017, 15:28
Bij mijn zoektocht naar onderzoek kom ik soms juweeltjes tegen. Uit onderzoek van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO, "Sexual health, human rights and the law", paragraaf 3.4.8):
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"Besides requiring access to health services that other people also need (including primary care, gynaecological, obstetric, urological and HIV care), transgender and gender variant people may also need access to specific kinds of health services, although services and care related to gender transition are only desired by some. Some people make this transition socially through a change of name, dress or other aspects of gender expression, without any medical procedures (98, 201, 210, 211). Services related to gender transition may include hormonal therapies, surgical procedures, psychological counselling, permanent hair removal and/or voice therapy. Depending on individual needs, transgender and gender variant people may need different transition-related services at different times in their lives (98)."
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"Many transgender and gender variant people have to travel long distances to find clinics that can provide appropriate, comprehensive care. Although the number is increasing, there are still very few non- discriminatory, appropriate health services available and accessible to transgender and gender variant people, which are non-pathologizing, supportive and confidential, and which prioritize an individual’s informed decision-making."
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"An increasing number of countries have revised or are revising laws and regulations relating to accessing transition-related services. In Argentina, for example, the 2012 Law includes provisions for coverage of all medical costs related to procedures and treatment for transgender people based on their informed decision-making without additional requirements (245)."
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Wat mij vooral aanspreekt is het feit dat geen medische hulp ook een goede optie kan zijn en zinnen als "Depending on individual needs, transgender and gender variant people may need different transition-related services at different times in their lives" en "Although the number is increasing, there are still very few non- discriminatory, appropriate health services available and accessible to transgender and gender variant people, which are non-pathologizing, supportive and confidential, and which prioritize an individual’s informed decision-making": schijnbaar is ook de WHO van mening dat de informed decision-making bij de transgender moet plaatsvinden (dus niet shared-decision making?), in een niet-pathalogizerende omgeving.
(het volledige document is hier terug te vinden: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/1066 ... 84_eng.pdf )
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"Besides requiring access to health services that other people also need (including primary care, gynaecological, obstetric, urological and HIV care), transgender and gender variant people may also need access to specific kinds of health services, although services and care related to gender transition are only desired by some. Some people make this transition socially through a change of name, dress or other aspects of gender expression, without any medical procedures (98, 201, 210, 211). Services related to gender transition may include hormonal therapies, surgical procedures, psychological counselling, permanent hair removal and/or voice therapy. Depending on individual needs, transgender and gender variant people may need different transition-related services at different times in their lives (98)."
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"Many transgender and gender variant people have to travel long distances to find clinics that can provide appropriate, comprehensive care. Although the number is increasing, there are still very few non- discriminatory, appropriate health services available and accessible to transgender and gender variant people, which are non-pathologizing, supportive and confidential, and which prioritize an individual’s informed decision-making."
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"An increasing number of countries have revised or are revising laws and regulations relating to accessing transition-related services. In Argentina, for example, the 2012 Law includes provisions for coverage of all medical costs related to procedures and treatment for transgender people based on their informed decision-making without additional requirements (245)."
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Wat mij vooral aanspreekt is het feit dat geen medische hulp ook een goede optie kan zijn en zinnen als "Depending on individual needs, transgender and gender variant people may need different transition-related services at different times in their lives" en "Although the number is increasing, there are still very few non- discriminatory, appropriate health services available and accessible to transgender and gender variant people, which are non-pathologizing, supportive and confidential, and which prioritize an individual’s informed decision-making": schijnbaar is ook de WHO van mening dat de informed decision-making bij de transgender moet plaatsvinden (dus niet shared-decision making?), in een niet-pathalogizerende omgeving.
(het volledige document is hier terug te vinden: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/1066 ... 84_eng.pdf )