{"product_id":"the-sick-trans-person-evelyn-callahan-9781447371106","title":"The Sick Trans Person: Negotiations, Healthcare, and the Tension of Demedicalization","description":"\u003cp\u003eHealthcare for transgender people is in crisis. Many of the problems stem from bureaucracies within the health system, limiting conceptualizations of sex and gender, and the requirement for a diagnosis of 'gender dysphoria'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book presents a unique argument for full demedicalization of transness as a crucial step towards removing existing barriers to good healthcare. Resisting the current norm of separating sex and gender, it also argues for an understanding of them as necessarily interlinked and co-constructed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By elevating trans voices and experiences, this book offers a new perspective on transness, medicalization and research methodologies to help trans people, practitioners and policy makers better understand the barriers faced by trans people when seeking healthcare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evelyn Callahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447371100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447371106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Evelyn Callahan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45897757622527,"sku":"9781447371106","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46a18402-9978-44c7-919d-9438cba0712d.jpg?v=1721374677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sick-trans-person-evelyn-callahan-9781447371106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}