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Transgender Health

A Practitioner's Guide to Binary and Non-Binary Trans Patient Care

von: Ben Vincent, Stuart Lorimer
27,99 €
Verlag:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	21.06.2018
ISBN/EAN:	9781784504755
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	176

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Titelbeschreibung

BMA Medical Book Awards Finalist The number of people coming out as transgender continues to rise, and this book shows healthcare and medical practitioners how to deliver excellent primary and secondary care to gender diverse patients. This guide provides accessible and practical advice on tailoring the social and ethical aspects of practice to the needs of each individual. Beyond setting out how clinical procedures should work for gender reassignment, it explains how to use language and pronouns in a respectful way, provides information on transgender services and resources, and offers insights into the challenges commonly faced by transgender people in both medical and social contexts. Based on cutting edge research and the lived experience of the author as a non-binary person, this is essential reading for all those working to meet the needs of transgender people in healthcare settings.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This guide shows how to sensitively treat and care for transgender patients in healthcare settings. Distilling cutting edge research into practical advice, it covers everything from referral procedures to respectful language and insights on the wider social and ethical issues experienced by this growing client group.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing Trans Terminology. 2. Fundamental Concepts: Sex, Gender, and Transgender History. 3. Administration, and Patient Interactions. 4. The Referral Process. 5. Care Separate from Transition. 6. Children and Adolescents. 7. Gender Affirmation: Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Non-Surgical Interventions. 8. Gender Affirmation: Surgeries. References.

Werbetext Überschrift

An accessible, research-based guide to sensitively treating and caring for transgender patients

Autorenportrait

Ben Vincent holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Leeds. Ben specialises in transgender identity, community practices, and transgender healthcare.