Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ()

Nursing Care for the transgender population: genders from the perspective of professional practice

  • Danilo Fagundes Rosa,
  • Marcos Vinícius de Freitas Carvalho,
  • Nayla Rodrigues Pereira,
  • Natalia Tenore Rocha,
  • Vanessa Ribeiro Neves,
  • Anderson da Silva Rosa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0644
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 72, no. suppl 1
pp. 299 – 306

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Objective: To describe and analyze the national and international scientific production on Nursing care for the transgender or gender-variance population. Method: Integrative review of the literature, conducted throughout the Virtual Health Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Public Medline and Web of Science databases, without pre-established periods of time and using the descriptors "Transgender AND ‘Nursing Assistance'" and "Transgender AND ‘Nursing care'". Results: We included 11 articles, published between 2005 and 2016, broadly North American with only one Brazilian, so categorized: I- Fragility in the care of transgender people; II - Health of the transgender population: general and specific demands; III- Public health policies for transgender people. Transgender people have not found yet answers to their health demands; they are victims of prejudices and violence in services and seek care in extreme cases of sickness. Final considerations: Understanding their needs is primordial to build knowledge and practices that support nursing care.

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