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The possibility of gender differences in experiences of pain has led to a discrepancy in treating female patients' pain over that of male patients. [7] The phenomenon may affect physical diagnosis. Women are more likely to be given a diagnosis of psychosomatic nature for a physical ailment than men, despite presenting with similar symptoms.
The Cass Review also suggested that the provision of gender-affirming care appeared "rushed, careless, and common", though its data showed waiting times for assessment were over two years and only 27% of patients seen during the review were referred to endocrinology for consideration of medical intervention.
The Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People (SOC) is an international clinical protocol by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) outlining the recommended assessment and treatment for transgender and gender-diverse individuals across the lifespan including social, hormonal, or surgical transition. [1]
[96] Also, transgender patients who are seeking gender-affirming medical interventions, primary care and preventative care were experiencing significant challenges due to lack of available, well-trained and knowledgeable providers and some reported having to travel long distances to receive care from knowledgeable clinicians, educating ...
Diagnostic processes may be influenced by knowledge of a patient's sex or gender alone, and male and female patients may receive different diagnoses even when presenting the same symptoms. [62] For instance, even with the same symptomology or scores according to diagnostic criteria, women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression than men ...
The original purpose of the model was to be an assessment used throughout the patient's care, but it has become the norm in UK nursing to use it only as a checklist on admission. It is often used to assess how a patient's life has changed due to illness or admission to hospital rather than as a way of planning for increased independence and ...
Because risk scores such as the Framingham Risk Score give an indication of the likely benefits of prevention, they are useful for both the individual patient and for the clinician in helping decide whether lifestyle modification and preventive medical treatment and for patient education, by identifying men and women at increased risk for future cardiovascular events.
The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient's psychological functioning at a given point in time, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight, and ...