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Individuals who identify as transgender are overrepresented 2 to Canada Goose Outlet 1 in the military, compared to the Canada Goose online civilian Canada Goose Parka population, Schvey told Reuters Health. military in 2016. That came a few months after the meeting at which the survey was conducted; since then, efforts have canada goose outlet toronto factory been made to educate military healthcare providers about transgender Canada Goose sale care.

Military physicians care not just for active duty service members but for their family members as well.

The researchers write that about cheap Canada Goose Jackets 13,000 people who are transgender currently serve in the military and each year, about 200 will seek treatment, such as hormones and surgery, for gender dysphoria.

In 2016, Schvey team canada goose coats surveyed 204 cheap Canada Goose family doctors attending the annual meeting of the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians. Respondents were mostly white men working in academic medical centers.

About 37 percent said buy canada goose jacket they had treated a patient for gender dysphoria at some point in their careers, but about Canada Goose Online 95 percent said canada goose deals they received three hours or less canada goose clearance sale of training on the topic during their medical education. About 74 percent received no Canada Goose Coats On Sale training.

About 76 percent of respondents felt they could provide transgender patients with canada goose black friday sale care. About 51 percent also said that being exposed to transgender patients would make them more comfortable providing care to that population.

Still, 51 percent of the respondents said they would not provide hormones to treat gender dysphoria even if they received training.

The finding that over half of the doctors would refuse to provide that service is difficult to interpret, however. It could be that they would be more likely to canada goose store provide care after additional training.

Training in transgender canada goose clearance care was tied to the likelihood that doctors would prescribe hormone therapy to eligible patients. David Klein, of the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.