Understanding trans health : discourse, power and possibility /

"What does it mean for someone to be 'trans'? What are the implications of this for healthcare provision? Drawing on the findings of an extensive research project, this book addresses urgent challenges and debates in trans health. It interweaves patient voices with social theory and a...

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Autor Principal: Pearce, Ruth (Of University of Leeds. School of Sociology and Social Policy) (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press 2018.
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1wxs4v
Table of Contents:
  • Part one. The context of care
  • Introduction: coming to terms with trans health
  • Condition or movement? A genealogy of trans discourse
  • Trans health in practice: conditions of care
  • Part two. Navigating health services
  • (Re)defining trans
  • Trans temporalities: imagining a future in the time of anticipation
  • Part three. Changing trans health
  • The politics of trans health: negotiating credible knowledge
  • Towards affirmative care.