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Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth by Aron Janssen, Scott Leibowitz
ISBN: 9783319783079
Publication Date: 2018
Northwell / ZSOM
Discusses the potential associations between gender identity and gender expression and co-occurring psychiatric conditions and how to tease them apart.
Comprehensive Care of the Transgender Patient by Cecile A. Ferrando
ISBN: 9780323496421
Publication Date: 2019-03-25
Northwell / ZSOM
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 Ferrando, 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. Incorporates all of the latest guidelines for providers and patients, written by experts from a wide variety of disciplines involved in transgender patient care.
The Equal Curriculum by James R. Lehman (Editor); Kristine Diaz (Editor); Henry Ng (Editor); Elizabeth Petty (Editor); Meena Thatikunta (Editor); Kristen Eckstrand (Editor)
ISBN: 978-3-030-24025-7
Publication Date: 2019-11-14
Northwell / ZSOM
This first-of-its-kind textbook marks a revolutionary effort to reform medical education nationally by providing a comprehensive, high-quality resource to serve as a foundation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) health education across multiple disciplines.
Open Access
The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People assesses the state of science on the health status of LGBT populations, identifies research gaps and opportunities, and outlines a research agenda for the National Institute of Health. The report examines the health status of these populations in three life stages: childhood and adolescence, early/middle adulthood, and later adulthood.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare by Kristen Eckstrand (Editor); Jesse M. Ehrenfeld (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319197524
Publication Date: 2016-02-17
Northwell / ZSOM
Written by experienced clinicians and edited by Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health faculty, this book contains up-to-date expertise from physicians renowned for their work in LGBT health.
Pediatric Gender Identity by Michelle Forcier (Editor); Gerrit Van Schalkwyk (Editor); Jack L. Turban (Editor)
ISBN: 978-3-030-38909-3
Publication Date: 2020-03-28
Northwell / ZSOM
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.
Surgical Management of the Transgender Patient by Loren S. Schechter
ISBN: 9780323480895
Publication Date: 2016-09-26
Northwell / ZSOM
Comprehensive and current, the new Surgical Management of the Transgender Patient provides coverage of the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care of transgender individuals. It takes a step-by-step approach to both transmale and transfemale procedures, and presents detailed descriptions of the techniques and procedures employed by today's surgeons.
Transgender and Gender Nonconfirming Health and Aging by Magda Houlberg (Editor); Cecilia Hardacker (Editor); Kelly Ducheny (Editor)
ISBN: 978-3-319-95031-0
Publication Date: 2018-10-30
Northwell / ZSOM
This text addresses the specific lack of clinical educational support for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals as they age. Chapters are written by multidisciplinary healthcare experts who present topical discussions in five critical areas: essential foundational information needed to understand the life experience of older TGNC people; mental and behavioral health issues; social service considerations; specific concerns for nurses; and unique long-term medical concerns for providers.
Trauma, Resilience, and Health Promotion in LGBT Patients by Kristen L. Eckstrand (Editor); Jennifer E. Potter (Editor)
ISBN: 978-3-319-54509-7
Publication Date: 2017-06-14
Northwell / ZSOM
This book has two goals: to educate healthcare professionals about the effect of identity-based adversity on the health of their LGBT patients, and to outline how providers can use the clinical encounter to promote LGBT patients' resilience in the face of adversity and thereby facilitate recovery.
Urological Care for the Transgender Patient by Dmitriy Nikolavsky (Editor); Stephen Blakely (Editor)
ISBN: 978-3-030-18533-6
Publication Date: 2021-01-20
Northwell / ZSOM
This book is designed to familiarize general urologists with the care of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Written by experts in reconstructive urology, it characterizes the process of gender affirmation and explains the surgical anatomy of both feminizing and masculinizing gender-affirming procedures including vaginoplasty, orchiectomy, hysterectomy, vaginectomy, phalloplasty, metoidioplasty, and prosthetics.
A database that provides full-text coverage for the most important and historically significant literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
An overview of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's goals and objectives to improve the health, safety, and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals
In addition to being a valuable tool and resource for healthcare facilities, the HEI is used by LGBTQ patients and their loved ones to find facilities that provide equitable and inclusive care.