A 20-year-old patient who is a transgender man, comes to a public, secular hospital seeking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) testosterone treatment as part of his gender transition. The assigned provider doesn’t participate in any procedures that would lead to sterilization due to his sincerely held religious beliefs.

What should the doctor do first? *

Refer the patient to another provider

Respectfully inform their supervisor and the patient of her objection.

Try to convince the patient to have other gender-affirming procedures