title: Communicating with a transgender patient.
authors.affiliation: AVP Nursing Services, Surgical Suite, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duval Smith
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D009275:Names; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D063106:Transgender Persons; D008297:Male; D005260:Female