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The Plasticity of Sex

The Molecular Biology and Clinical Features of Genomic Sex, Gender Identity and Sexual Behavior

  • 1st Edition - May 19, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Marianne Legato J
  • Language: English

The Plasticity of Sex: The Molecular Biology and Clinical Features of Genomic Sex, Gender Identity and Sexual Behavior provides a comprehensive view on the development of human sex… Read more

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Description

The Plasticity of Sex: The Molecular Biology and Clinical Features of Genomic Sex, Gender Identity and Sexual Behavior provides a comprehensive view on the development of human sexuality. As there has been a crescendo of interest over the past several decades about the nature and diversity of human sexuality, this reference brings the evidence-based research into one place. The emergence of issues surrounding gender identity, genital ambivalence and the transition from one sex to another is striking, with the public and treating physicians alike clamoring for an evidence-based, comprehensive treatment of human sexuality and all its variations.

This is a must-have reference for biomedical researchers in endocrinology, neuroscience, development biology, medical students, residents, and practicing physicians from all medical areas.

Winner of the 2021 PROSE Award in Biomedicine from the Association of American Publishers!

Key features

  • 2021 PROSE Awards - Winner: Category: Biomedicine: Association of American Publishers
  • Discusses the role of biology in gender identity from research in genetics, endocrinology and neuroscience
  • Addresses important health disparities and how to address them when treating the transgender patient
  • Reviews evidence-based information on the biological basis and impact of environmental and hormonal factors at different life stages
  • Outlines schema for treating variations in the sexuality and sexual function of the individual patient

Readership

Biomedical researchers in endocrinology, neuroscience, development biology, medical students, residents, and practicing physicians from all medical areas.

Table of contents

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. 5α-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

Review quotes

"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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 19, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Marianne Legato J

Dr. Marianne Legato, Emerita Professor 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 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 for the scientific community and for the lay public. She is also the founding editor of the Journal Gender Medicine, and the journal Gender and the Genome. In 1992, Dr. Legato won the American Heart Association’s Blakeslee Award for the best book written for the lay public on cardiovascular disease. The third edition of her textbook, Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine and her most recent book, The Plasticity of Sex., both won Prose awards from the American Association of Editors in 2021 and 2022 respectively. She is a practicing internist in New York City and has been listed each year in New York Magazine and Castle Connolly’s lists "Best Doctors" since their inception in 1993.
Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Professor, Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Adjunct Professor, Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School

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