Hospice care for the transgendered patient
Hospice is beset by many societal obstacles in its care of the transgendered patient. I saw a most recent example of this in our local community hospice. An elderly female (MTF) transgendered patient had developed metastatic cancer. Chemotherapy had failed and had left her profoundly weak and infirmed. Estranged from her family, she had only a few friends to rely on but then only intermittently so.
Hospice admitted her and, with …
