Hospice News May 7, 2024
Palliative care delivery approaches that are not gender-inclusive can contribute to significant quality issues in caring for transgender populations.
Palliative professionals are among the health care providers with room for improvement in their gender affirming practices, according to Zachary Fried, licensed clinical social worker and training supervisor of Optum at Home, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH).
Greater training and awareness around gender inclusivity is needed among palliative care providers to improve their understanding how to care for underserved transgender populations, Fried said during the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Virtual Interdisciplinary Conference.
“It’s important to understand that just because you have a transgender patient does not mean that being transgender is the main thing you focus...
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