In the 1950’s, individuals who wanted to change their sex were considered “delusional” by the medical community. Seventy years later, medical providers are still struggling to understand and relate to issues of trans patients, according to stef shuster, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of the recent book “Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender“. The book documents the anxieties of medical providers in understanding trans patients, and provides suggestions on how they can better relate to this group of patients.