Routine Screening Community of Practice: Workflows

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AMA acts to support LGBT care, oppose insurance discrimination

Delegates back policies to improve care for transgender patients and ensure broader insurance coverage of fertility treatments.

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Why transgender patients need a welcoming medical environment

Discrimination in clinical settings affects access to care and the quality of care transgender patients receive. The AMA Journal of Ethics considers the medical environment and highlights how “gender-affirming care” can improve critical health outcomes.

Ethics
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Policies on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) issues

Examine the AMA's position on sexual orientation and gender identity and the Association's work to inform the public about LGBTQ discrimination and abuse.

Population Health
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Treating LGBT patients: Creating a medical practice that offers inclusive care

As a physician treating or preparing to treat lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender patients, you may wonder whether you’re saying or doing the right things. Physicians answer questions from peers.

Population Health
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AMA commends FDA on new blood donation policy

The AMA commends the FDA for ending the lifetime ban that prohibits men who have had sex with men from ever donating blood.

Press Releases
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Access to transgender medical care spotlighted

A New York Times editorial spotlighted the importance of improving access to transgender medical care. The piece notes the published a landmark resolution in 2008 that said barriers to transition-related care needed to be eliminated.

Population Health
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WMA adopts transgender-affirming policy

New policy adopted at the World Medical Association’s (WMA) recent General Assembly meeting in Moscow addresses guidelines on transgender health care. The WMA emphasized that everyone has the right to determine their own gender and that gender incongruence is not in itself a mental disorder.

Population Health
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Illinois and D.C. ban conversion therapy for minors

Illinois became the fourth state, alongside Washington, D.C., to ban the practice of ex-gay conversion therapy for minors.

Population Health
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AMA commends FDA for efforts to reverse lifetime blood donation ban

The AMA commends the FDA for taking a step to end the lifetime ban that prohibits men who have had sex with men from ever donating blood.

Press Releases