Transgender care
Subtitle: recommended guidelines, practical information, and personal accounts
By: written by and essays compiled by Gianna E. Israel and Donald E. Tarver II ; foreword by Joy Diane Shaffer.
Contributors: Tarver, Donald E., 1960-
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Transsexuals -- Medical care; Transsexuals -- Mental health services
Description: "By empowering clients to be well-informed medical consumers and by delivering care providers from the straitjacket of inadequate diagnostic standards and stereotypes, this book sets out to transform the nature of transgender care. In an accessible style, Gianna Israel and Donald Tarver discuss the key mental health issues, with much attention to the vexed relationship between professionals and clients. They propose a new professional role, that of "Gender Specialist.""--BOOK JACKET.

"The book contains a wealth of practical information and accounts of people's experiences about coming out to one's employer or to one's friends or spouse. Several essays spell out the legal rights of transgender people with regard to insurance, work, marriage, and the use of rest rooms."--BOOK JACKET. "The second part of the book consists of thirteen essays on a range of controversial topics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.