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Pediatric Gender Identity: Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth by Michelle Forcier; ‎Gerrit Van Schalkwyk; ‎Jack L. Turban is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Pediatric Gender Identity: Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth about?

This book serves as a guide to key topics regarding pediatric gender identity to help clinicians better care for transgender and gender diverse youth. Written by experts in the field, it covers critical considerations for child health providers from a variety of disciplines in a range of clinical settings.  Patients, families and other community agencies can also find useful information about current practices and recommendations for care and support. The text begins by overviewing terminology, epidemiology, gender identity development, and relevant neurobiology.  Next, the text focuses on the emergence of affirmative treatment paradigms using a patient-centered, consent based framework. Topics include psychotherapeutic support, gender-affirming medical and surgical care, management of co-existing psychiatric conditions, sexual health and fertility, legal considerations, international considerations, and more. Pediatric Gender Identity  can be used as a framework to address core clinical issues and offers practical considerations for gender-affirming care. Using the growing science and understanding of gender development, this book is an excellent resource for all professionals wor

Who reads Pediatric Gender Identity: Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth?

Author

Michelle Forcier; ‎Gerrit Van Schalkwyk; ‎Jack L. Turban

Publisher

Springer International Publishing, Imprint Springer

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030389086

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Medicine