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Author:   Marianne J. Legato (Professor Emerita of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780128159682

ISBN 10:   0128159685
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   20 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction 1. What determines biological sex? Marianne J. Legato 2. Disorders of sex development Marianne J. Legato 3. The sexual brain Marianne J. Legato 4. The transgender individual Marianne J. Legato 5. Homosexuality: the biological basis of differences in sexual orientation Marianne J. Legato 6. The strong heritability of gender dysphoria Frederick L. Coolidge and Ari Stillman 7. 5 -Reductase deficiency syndrome: the impact of androgens on gender identity and gender role Michael E. Bales, Yuan-Shan Zhu and Julianne Imperato-McGinley 8. Biological basis of gender identity Alessandra Daphne Fisher and Carlotta Cocchetti 9. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia as a model to explore gender fluidity in early life; particularly 46,XX patients with male external genitalia Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, Christopher P. Houk, Fauzia Mohsin and Peter A. Lee 10. Testosterone treatment for transgender (trans) men Michael S. Irwig 11. Transgender care Abhilasha Singh and Adrian Dobs 12. Fertility preservation for transgender individuals Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg 13. Breast imaging in transgender individuals Tamar Reisman 14. Protecting children with intersex traits: legal, ethical, and human rights considerations Katharine B. Dalke, Arlene B. Baratz and Julie A. Greenberg 15. Transphobic discrimination and health Lisa R. Miller 16. Societal experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people Michael Fuchs and Jennifer Potter 17. Implementing LGBTQ curricula into health professions education Andrew D. Hollenbach, Bernard Landry-Wegener and Robin English Index

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This book provides an in-depth landscape of sexuality and gender identification from biological, physiological, and behavioral standpoints, along with practical general medical guideline considerations for caring for transgender populations. This is a tremendously comprehensive, practical, and timely monograph. --Doody

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Dr. Marianne Legato, Professor Emerita of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University is an internationally known academic physician, author, lecturer, and specialist in gender-specific medicine. She is founding member of the International Society for Gender Medicine and also the founder and director of The Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University and its next iteration, The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine. She has published extensively on gender and sex specific medicine, both scientifically and for the lay public. She is also the founding editor of the journal Gender Medicine, and the journal Gender and the Genome, published for the scientific community. In 1992, Dr. Legato won the American Heart Association's Blakeslee Award for the best book written for the lay public on cardiovascular disease. She is a practicing internist in New York City and has been listed each year in New York Magazine's Best Doctors since the feature's inception in 1993.

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