Comprehensive Care of the Transgender Patient

From a renowned specialist at the Cleveland Clinic and medical and surgical experts in this growing field comes an up-to-date, multidisciplinary resource on transgender health care and surgery. Comprehensive Care of the Transgender Patient, by Dr. Cecile Unger, covers all aspects of transgender health care, beginning with epidemiology and history and progressing to an in-depth review of the complex transition for patients, including mental health services, endocrine and hormone therapy treatment, and surgical options.

List of contents

1. Introduction to Transgender Medicine
2. Mental Health Care for the Adult Transgender Patient
3. Mental Health Care for the Child and Adolescent Transgender Patient
4. Disorders of Sex Development and Intersex Patients
5. Hormone Treatment for the Adult Transgender Patient
6. Hormone Treatment for the Adolescent Transgender Patient
7. Overview of Surgery for Transgender Patients
8. Facial Surgery for Transgender Patients
9. Breast and Chest Surgery for Transgender Patients
10. Genital Confirmation Surgery for Patients Assigned Male at Birth
11. Genital Confirmation Surgery for Patients Assigned Female at Birth
12. Primary and Preventative Care for Transgender Patients
13. Gynecologic Care for Transgender Patients
14. Hysterectomy for the Transgender Man

Product details

• Authors: Cecile A Ferrando, Cecile A Ferrando, Cecile A. Ferrando, Cecile A Unger, Cecile A. Unger
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780323496421
• ISBN: 978-0-323-49642-1
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 276 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 730 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Urology, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Urology & urogenital medicine, MEDICAL / Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive, Urology and urogenital medicine