Transgender Care - Recommended Guidelines

Transgender Care - Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information and Personal Accountants
Gianna E. Israel and Donald E. Traver II ,M.D. Temple University Press, 1997

Key Elements: Using the contributing work of a number of authors this text provides the guidelines that professional should to be aware of when working with transgender individual, what family and friends need to know when supporting them, and what an individual needs to consider when contemplating transitioning.

Part One - Recommended Guidelines
Various topics are explored along with the recommended guidelines that are related to the topic covered in that chapter
Chapter One - The Vocabulary and The Issues, Transgender Populations
An introduction that defines the terms and vocabulary related to the topic of transitioning
Chapter Two - Mental Health
Explains the different types of mental health services, counseling and psychotherapy. The diagnosis used in the mental health field, crisis intervention, key mental health issues, and sexual orientation
Chapter Three - Transgender Hormone Administration
Contains the principles of hormone administration and its background, with specific information for male to female, female to male transsexuals
Chapter Four - Transgender Aesthetic Surgery
Cosmetic surgery and the list of the principles of transgender aesthetic surgery, the types of procedures, and the recommended guidelines
Chapter Five - Genital Reassignment Surgery and Gonad Removal
Castration and what it involves- the types of procedures, related topics like pain, discomfort, and costs, etc plus the recommended guidelines for genital reassignment surgery
Chapter Six - HIV and AIDS
Has some basic information related to HIV/AIDS although since the books publication there have been advances in research and treatment of HIV,AIDS. There are also intervals with transgender individuals who are living with HIV/AIDS. There are recommended guidelines in this chapter as well
Chapter Seven - Cultural Diversity
Looks at the ethnic, racial elements of the transgender experience
Chapter Eight - Transgender Youth
Transgender adolescence, the family's responses, and society's response to it, along with some recommended guidelines for working with transgendered adolescence
Chapter Nine - Support Tools
Ways of analyzing the issues associated with the transgendered identity, how to start up a support group, examples of correspondence for professional use and the gender identity profile originally developed by Gianna E. Israel
Chapter Ten - Support Sessions Answers to basic questions about gender identity issues

Part Two - Essays
All of the essays are by different authors discussing the issues that are mentioned in their respective titles
Chapter Eleven - Ethical Implications for Psychotherapy with Individuals Seeking Gender Reassignment
Chapter Twelve - Understanding Your Rights under The San Francisco Ordinance 190
Chapter Thirteen - From the Perspective of a Young Transsexual
Chapter Fourteen - You Are Not Alone: A Personal Quest for a Support System
Chapter Fifteen - A Midlife Transition
Chapter Sixteen - Insurance and the Reimbursement of Transgender Health
Chapter Seventeen - Facial Surgery for the Transsexual
Chapter Eighteen - What Is to Be Done? A Commentary on the Recommended Guidelines
Chapter Nineteen - Genital Reassignment Surgery: A Source of Happiness for My Patients
Chapter Twenty - Over and Out in Academe: Transgender Studies Come of Age
Chapter Twenty One - Transsexuality, Science, and Prophecy
Chapter Twenty Two - Hormones
Chapter Twenty Three - The Therapist versus the Client. How the Conflict Started and Some Thoughts on How to Resolve It
There is also an appendix and a section that contains details about the contributing authors.