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Book SynopsisBy empowering clients to be well informed medical consumers and by delivering care providers from the straitjacket of inadequate diagnostic standards and stereotypes, this book sets out to transform the nature of transgender care. In an accessible style, Gianna Israel and Donald Tarver discuss the key mental health issues, with much attention to the vexed relationship between professionals and clients. They propose a new professional role, that of the \u0022Gender Specialist.\u0022 The authors have also provided useful listings of organizations, centers, and World Wide Web sites. Transgender Care has been reviewed by a national committee of professionals and consumers, some of whose members contributed essays in the second part of the book.
Trade Review"The title tells pretty much what this groundbreaking anthology offers: a comprehensive distillation of personal experiences and professional wisdom." -Feminist Bookstore News "Professionals who work with individuals with gender identity issues and those with gender issues themselves have long needed a comprehensive guide to treatment. Finally, it is here. Gianna Israel and Donald Tarver have done a wonderful job of putting resource material from many fields into one easy to use reference book. Transgender Care is without a doubt a breakthrough work, as it addresses issues of cultural diversity, sexual orientation, and lifestyle that have been previously overlooked or ignored in the clinical literature. The supporting essays provide practical information about employment and insurance and confront the ethical difficulties of professionals who serve as gatekeepers to those who desire treatment. The authors have done a service to caregivers and transfolk alike with this monumental work." -Dallas Denney, M.A., Licensed Psychological Examiner, Executive Director, American Education Gender Information Service, Inc. "This wonderful book...is a comprehensive resource." -Archives of Sexual Behavior "Overall the first section of the book is probably of most use to clinicians in the field of transgender care and to individuals seeking guidance in their own care. ...the second section cover a wide variety of topics: ethics, legal rights, support systems, health insurance, facial surgery, commentaries on the recommended guidelines, transgender studies, and hormones." -NWSA Journal
Table of ContentsCONTENTS Foreward by Joy Diane Shaffer, M.D. Review Committee Preface and Acknowledgments Part I: Recommended Guidelines 1. Introduction 2. Mental Health 3. Transgender Hormone Administration 4. Transgender Aesthetic Surgury 5. Genital Reassignment Surgury and Gonad Removal (Castration) 6. HIV and AIDS 7. Cultural Diversity 8. Transgender Youth 9. Support Tools 10. Support Scenarios Part II: Essays 11. Ethical Implications for Psychotherapy with Individuals Seeking Gender Reassignment - Barbara F. Anderson, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. 12. Understanding Your Rights Under San Francisco Ordinance - Larry Brinkin, Acting Coordinator, San Francisco Human Rights Commission 13. From the Perspective of a Young Transsexual - Alexis Belinda Dinno 14. You are Not Alone: A Personal Quest for a Support System - Ayme Michelle Kantz 15. A Midlife Transition - Heather Lamborn 16. Insurance and Reinbursement of Transgender Health Care - Lisa Middleton, M.P.A. 17. Facial Surgury for the Transsexual - Douglas K. Ousterhout, D.D.S., M.D. 18. What Is to Be Done? A Commentary on the Recommended Guidelines - Rachel Pollack, M.A. 19. Genital Reassignment Surgery:A Source of Happiness for my Patients - Eugene A. Schrang, M.D. 20. Over and Out in Academe: Transgender Studies Come of Age - Susan Stryker, Ph.D. 21. Transsexuality, Science, and Prophecy - Max Wolf Valerio 22. Hormones - Delia van Maris, M.D. 23. The Therapist Versus the Client: How the Conflict Started and Some Thoughts on How to Resolve It - Anne Vitale, Ph.D. Appendix: Resources for Transgender Individuals, Families, and Professionals About the Authors About the Reviewers and Contributors Index
