There are many reasons why gender-concordant care benefits patients and is requested by them. For training hospitals, however, such requests present challenges as well as opportunities in providing patient-centered care. Responding to a case in which a female patient who is having a routine exam refuses care from a male medical student, we discuss ethical principles involved in gender-concordant care requests, when it is appropriate to question such requests, and a team-based approach to responding to them.
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Peek, M., Lo, B., & Fernandez, A. (2017, May 1). How should physicians respond when patients distrust them because of their gender? AMA Journal of Ethics. American Medical Association. https://doi.org/10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.4.ecas2-1704
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