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Why marginalized patients become educators for their own providers

I'm transgender and every medical appointment becomes an education session where I have to teach providers basic things about my care needs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healthcare gaps force patients to bridge their own care deficits, reversing the expert-patient relationship.

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