Transgender health issues / Sarah Boslaugh.
Transgender individuals face unique challenges when it comes to their physical, psychological, and social health and well-being. This accessible reference investigates these concerns in depth, offering readers insights into topics such as discrimination and access to health care. Confronts a topic t...
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| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, California :
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2018]
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| Series: | Health and medical issues today.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Overview
- What does it mean to be transgender?
- A brief history of transgender people
- Transitioning
- Physical health
- Mental health
- part 2. Controversies and issues
- Discrimination against transgender people
- Access to health and social services and public facilities
- Transgender athletes: who competes against whom?
- Normative gender dichotomies and alternatives
- Parenting and family issues
- Research issues
- part 3. Scenarios
- Case studies.