ISBN:
9781479845378
,
147984537X
,
9781479899371
,
1479899372
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 223 Seiten ;
,
24 cm.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
United States
;
Transgender people / Medical care / United States
;
Gender-nonconforming people / Medical care / United States
;
Health services accessibility / United States
;
Right to health / United States
;
Medical ethics / United States
;
MEDICAL / Public Health
;
Health services accessibility
;
Medical ethics
;
Right to health
Abstract:
"Stef shuster traces the development of trans medicine since the 1950s to modern medicine to show how providers create and use scientific and medical evidence to "treat" a gender identity. But, why do medical providers have authority over gender? And, what might the consequences of how providers make decisions in trans medicine teach us about medicine in general? Using historical documents, interviews with physicians and therapists, and observations of health conferences, Trans Medicine offers a rare opportunity to understand how providers make decisions given widespread uncertainty while facing challenges to their expertise. In the process of negotiating these challenges in the "treatment" of gender, providers have acquired authority not only in this medical area, but over gender itself"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Creating worthy patients, 1950-1970 -- Legitimacy wars between physical and mental healthcare providers -- Making it up : evidence in contemporary trans medicine -- Medical uncertainty : working with trans patients -- Uncertain expertise in trans medicine -- Conclusion: Rethinking the treatment of gender
