In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editor Diane Bruessow of Yale School of Medicine brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Gender Minority Medicine. Filling a knowledge gap in transgender health in primary care, this issue features articles by top experts that focus on up-to-date standards regarding clinical care, hormone therapy, inclusion, hormone therapy and surgery, and more.
Key Features
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including interpreting gendered lab results; deferring puberty in transgender adolescents and associated clinical care; administrative considerations (or creating a welcoming environment) for transgender inclusion; navigating transgender health in the uniformed services; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gender minority medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Author Information
Edited by Diane Bruessow, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Assistant Professor Adjunct, Department of Internal Medicine & PA Online Program, Yale School of Medicine
Navigating Gender Diversity with Insight and Inclusivity
Selected Primary Care Topics in Transgender Medicine: Across the Lifespan
Clinical Diagnostic Testing in Transgender Individuals: Interpreting Laboratory Reference Ranges
Deferring Puberty in Transgender Adolescents and Associated Clinical Care
Feminizing Hormone Therapy and Associated Clinical Care
Masculinizing Hormone Therapy and Associated Clinical Care
Exogenous Hormone Therapy and Hyperprolactinemia: Evaluation and Management of Hyperprolactinemia
Transgender Reproductive and Sexual Health
Feminizing Surgeries and Associated Clinical Care
Masculinizing Surgeries and Associated Clinical Care
Transgender-Inclusive Health Care Environment: Administrative Considerations
Navigating Transgender Healthcare in the Uniformed Services