Understanding Trans Health: Discourse, Power and Possibility - Softcover

Pearce, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447342356 ISBN 13: 9781447342359

Publisher: Policy Press, 2018

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Ruth Pearce is a researcher and tutor based in the sociology department at the University of Warwick.

Review

“Recommended. . .Pearce has written what she terms an "autoethnography," in which she draws on her personal experience as a transgender person who has transitioned from male to female to understand trans health and trans health services in the UK. The author takes a critical look at trans healthcare services and providers in the UK, which she claims are often problematic due to many factors, including a lack of understanding of what it means to be transgender in addition to prejudice and a general reluctance to embrace change on the part of some providers. The chapter on historical approaches to gender diversity in Western societies is thorough and informative, as is the chapter on the diagnostic criteria that must be met in order for an individual to access trans services from the UK's National Health Service.”
  (Choice)

“This book offers sophisticated yet clear explanations of the terrain of trans health in the UK, with superb analytic purchase—made all the more impressive by its accessibility and candor.” (Sociology of Health and Illness)

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1447342356
• ISBN 13: 9781447342359
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224