Gender Minority Medicine , An Issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, E-Book

Download or read book Gender Minority Medicine , An Issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, E-Book written by Diane Bruessow and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editor Diane Bruessow of Yale School of Medicine brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Gender Minority Medicine. Filling a knowledge gap in transgender health in primary care, this issue features articles by top experts that focus on up-to-date standards regarding clinical care, hormone therapy, inclusion, hormone therapy and surgery, and more. Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including interpreting gendered lab results; deferring puberty in transgender adolescents and associated clinical care; administrative considerations (or creating a welcoming environment) for transgender inclusion; navigating transgender health in the uniformed services; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gender minority medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.