July 31, 2023

This overview from the Trans Equality Society of Alberta gives guidelines and best practices for health care practitioners working with trans patients.

"Primary care providers do not have to be experts in transgender medicine to meet the health needs of most transgender patients. With appropriate understanding of basic transgender issues and a little experience, non-expert primary care providers can offer health maintenance, acute illness and chronic disease management, and referral to specialists." — Vancouver Coastal Health, 2006