DESCRIPTION:
A practical guide to state-of-the-art treatments and health care knowledge about gender diverse persons, this second edition of Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery presents the foremost international specialists offering their knowledge on the wide spectrum of issues encountered by gender diverse individuals. In this handy text, professionals of all types can get important information about various aspects of transgender health care for a full spectrum of clients, from childhood to advanced age. Key topics addressed include medical and surgical issues, mental health issues, fertility, the coming out process, and preventive care. This essential text is extensively referenced and illustrated, and instructs both novice and experienced practitioners on gender-affirming care.
CONTENTS:
1. Theories of the Etiology of Transgenderism
2. Worldwide Prevalence of Transgender and Gender Non-Conformity
3. An Overview of the Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender and Gender Non-conforming
4. Primary Medical Care of Transgender and Gender-Variant people
5. Preventive Care of the Transgender Patient: An Evidence-based Approach
6. Mental Health Issues
7. Psychotherapy with Transgender People
8. Developmental Stages of the Transgender Coming Out Process: Toward an Integrated Identity
9. Sexual Function in the Transgender Population
10. Hormonal Treatment of Adult Transgender
11. Gender Dysphoria in Children and Adolescents
12. Transgender Youth: Endocrine Management
13. Disorders of Sex Development (DSD): Definition, Syndromes, Gender Dysphoria and Differentiation from Transsexualism
14. Male-to-Female Gender Reassignment Surgery
15. Female-to-Male Gender Reassignment Surgery
16. Understanding Sexual Health and HIV in the Transgender Population
17. Reproductive and Fertility Issues for Transgender People
18. Care of Aging Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients
19. Transgender Health Care and Human Rights
