Additional Resources related to Gender Expansive Healthcare

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Open Access:

Kovar, A., Choi, S., & Iorio, M. L. (2019). Donor Site Morbidity in Phalloplasty Reconstructions: Outcomes of the Radial Forearm Free Flap. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 7(9), e2442. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002442

Rifkin, W. J., Daar, D. A., Cripps, C. N., Mars, G., Zhao, L. C., Levine, J. P., & Bluebond-Langner, R. (2022). Gender-affirming Phalloplasty: A Postoperative Protocol for Success. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 10(6), e4394. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004394

Limited Access Articles:

Bolding, D. J., Acosta, A., Butler, B., Chau, A., Craig, B., & Dunbar, F. (2022). Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients: Occupational Therapy Practitioners' Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes. The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 76(3), 7603205130. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022.049065

Stugart, L. K., Larson, S. C., Lipsey, K. L., Owens, G., & Hoyt, C. R. (2025). Gender-Affirming Care Is Not Standard Care in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review. The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 79(2), 7902180060. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2025.050883

Ozturk, M., Wellenbrock, S., Wiebringhaus, P., Aitzetmüller-Klietz, M. L., Küenzlen, L., Burger, A., Nasim, S., Hirsch, T., Aitzetmüller-Klietz, M., Tav, B., & Rieger, U. M. (2024). Functionality and Scar Evaluation of the Donor Site in Extended Radial Forearm Flap Phalloplasty: How Affected Is the Arm in Day-to-Day Life?. Journal of clinical medicine, 13(19), 6004. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13196004

Torres-Guzman, R. A., Bailey, V., James, A. J., Stehr, J., & Assi, P. (2025). Hand function recovery after extended radial forearm free flap: A case series of a progressive therapy protocol. Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists, S0894-1130(25)00001-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2025.01.002

Turan, Ş., Özulucan, M. T., Karataş, U., Kavla, Y., Koyuncu, O., Durcan, E., Durcan, G., & Bağhaki, S. (2024). The effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy and mastectomy on psychopathology, body image, and quality of life in adults with gender dysphoria who were assigned female at birth. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 33(7), 1937–1947. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03664-6

Books:

Chang, S. C., & Singh, A. A. (2026). A clinician's guide to gender-affirming care: Working with trans and nonbinary clients (2nd ed.). Context Press. https://transreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/A-Clinicians-Guide-to-Gender-Affirming-Care-Working-with-Sand-C.-Chang-Anneliese-A.-Singh-lore-m.-dickey-Paperback-2018-Context-Press-9781684030521-95d83065e3b97751ced0769a0b878148-Annas-Archi.pdf