Dr. Chan joins from McMaster University, where she was associate dean of continuing professional development and an associate professor of emergency medicine.
Correcting healthcare providers who typically assume he’s heterosexual gets tiring for Jeremy Long, who wants his queer identity to be acknowledged and counted in electronic health records.
The number of people without a family doctor in B.C. has declined to about 895,000 from 980,000 in 2021, but the number is still too high, the health minister said.
“Gender-affirming care must be upheld as a standard of care for transgender and gender-diverse youth,” the statement stays, and providers should create an affirming approach to routine healthcare for all youth.
The institute’s report found that only 25 of the 117 criteria laid out in the national standards could be found in the policies of all provinces and territories, as of December 2022.
