Transgender Health : A Practitioner's Guide to Binary and Non-Binary Trans Patient Care.

Intro -- Transgender Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Binary and Non-Binary Trans Patient Care, Ben Vincent, PhD -- Foreword by Dr Stuart Lorimer -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introducing Trans Terminology -- Glossary -- Terms to avoid -- Conclusion -- 2. Fundamental Concepts: Sex, Gender and Transgender History -- Sex and gender -- The history of the medicalisation of trans people -- Diagnostic manuals -- 3. Administration and Patient Interactions -- Inclusive language in service provision -- Examples of gendered language -- When can gendered language be appropriate? -- Misgendering -- Non-binary people and inclusive language -- Language use in gendered medicine -- Changing names and gender markers on medical records -- Additional name change options in Scotland and Northern Ireland -- Helping a patient change their passport -- Trans-affirmative therapeutic interactions -- 4. The Referral Process -- General information for professionals making a referral to a GIC -- England -- Information for Welsh referrals -- Scotland -- Northern Ireland -- 5. Care Separate from Transition -- Health disparities between cisgender men and cisgender women -- Primary care unrelated to trans status -- Secondary and tertiary care -- Conclusion -- 6. Children and Adolescents -- Myths and misconceptions -- 'It's just a phase'? - desistance -- Parental influence? -- Are trans children and adolescents mentally unwell? -- Following the crowd? -- Conversion therapy -- The importance of support -- Risks of an unsupportive environment -- Guidance for parents -- Guidance for schools -- Guidance for clinicians - referrals -- The Tanner stages -- Puberty/hormone blockers -- Fertility -- Role of the GP in managing blockers and hormones for young people -- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues -- Triptorelin (Decapeptyl® SR, Gonapeptyl® depot) -- Goserelin (Zoladex®).

Leuprorelin (Prostap® SR DCS) -- Progestins -- Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (MPA) (Provera®, Depo-Provera®) -- Additional prescribed interventions -- 7. Gender Affirmation: Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Non-Surgical Interventions -- Criteria for hormone prescription -- The GP's role in hormone provision -- Estrogen (Estradiol) -- Different preparations, doses, and deliveries -- GnRH analogues -- Antiandrogens -- Bicalutamide (Casodex®) -- Cyproterone (Androcur®, Cyprostat®, Dianette®) -- Spironolactone (Aldactone®) -- Finasteride (Proscar®) -- Testosterone -- Antiestrogens -- Non-binary hormone regimens -- Voice -- Hair removal -- Binding -- Prostheses -- Gamete storage -- 8. Gender Affirmation Surgeries -- Referral for surgery -- Chest reconstruction - general information -- Top surgery for trans men and AFAB non-binary people -- Top surgery for trans women and AMAB non-binary people -- Vocal surgery to raise pitch -- Facial feminisation surgeries -- Genital surgeries for trans women and AMAB non-binary people -- Genital surgeries for trans men and AFAB non-binary people -- Regret associated with surgeries -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

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.

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