Transgender Health and Medicine
History, Practice, Research, and the Future
- 314 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About This Book
This text starts with the history of transgender science and provides current, evidence-based information on theories and treatment procedures, concluding with projections of future scientific developments. A transgender person is one whose congruent gender behavior (e.g., masculine, feminine, genderqueer) does not match the culturally assigned gender category based on their sex at birth. For example, a transgender person may behave and present as a woman despite being born with male genitalia.This book provides background on transgender history, needs, assessment, and procedures; side effects of procedures; and outcomes that all providers need to understand to treat transgender patients and relate to their particular expectations. The current etiquette basis for establishing an effective provider-patient relationship is highlighted. Pathological terms are no longer acceptable and new non-pathological terms are rapidly replacing them, because being transgender is now recognized as a natural part of diversity rather than a disease or disorder. Also included here are new theories of causation and treatment approaches for providers.The book additionally outlines current and earlier schools of thought and provides an integrated theory of transgender causation that includes genetic, epigenetic, cultural, and early learning/emergence factors and highlights research needs and expected future research topics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Overview
- Part Two: Practice
- Part Three: Research and Looking Ahead
- Glossary
- Resources
- Index
- About the Author