Rachel Ann Heath Ph.D., Katie Wynne Ph.D.

A Guide to Transgender Health

State-of-the-art Information for Gender-Affirming People and Their Supporters

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides the most up-to-date information on transgender science and its applications, for gender-diverse people, their supporters, and the professionals who assist them to lead healthy, happy, and successful lives. The number of people presenting at gender clinics worldwide for assistance has increased exponentially in the last decade.

Produktdetails

• Sex, Love, and Psychology
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781440863080
• ISBN-10: 1440863083
• Artikelnr.: 54803110

Autorenporträt

Rachel Ann Heath, PhD, is conjoint associate professor of psychology at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is author of The Praeger Handbook of Transsexuality: Changing Gender to Match Mindset. Katie Wynne, MA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, FRACP, is an endocrinologist at John Hunter Hospital and a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword by Dr. Judy Kuriansky Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations
1. Introduction 2. What Is Gender? 3. Gender Diversity 4. Gender
Affirmation 5. Psychological Assessment of Gender Incongruence 6. Children
and Adolescents 7. Hormone and Surgical Therapies for Adults 8. Fertility
9. Ancillary Procedures and Other Interventions 10. Societal Issues for
Gender-Diverse People 11. Current Guidelines and Future Prospects Appendix:
Resources Notes Index About the Authors About the Sex, Love, and Psychology
Series Editor