Understanding trans health : discourse, power and possibility / Ruth Pearce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearce, Ruth, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Medical care.

Trans people.

Trans people--Health and hygiene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

Addressing urgent challenges and debates in trans health, this book interweaves patient voices with social theory and autobiography, offering an innovative look at how shifting language, patient mistrust, waiting lists and professional power shape clinical encounters, and exploring what a better future might look like for trans patients.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

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

Navigating health services

(Re)defining trans

Trans temporalities: imagining a future in the time of anticipation

Changing trans health

The politics of trans health: negotiating credible knowledge

Towards affirmative care

Appendix: notes on fieldwork, methods and ethics

List of key terms

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

ISBN:

9781447342366

1447342364

9781447342380

1447342380

9781447342342

1447342348

OCLC:

1040693401