Children with gender identity disorder a clinical, ethical, and legal analysis

How should we understand transgenderism, especially as it affects children and adolescents? Psychiatric manuals include transgenderism among mental illnesses (Gender Identity Disorder). Such inclusion is relatively recent, and even the words transsexual and transgender were coined only a few decades...

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Autor principal: Giordano, Simona, Dr (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge 2013.
New York : 2013.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; 9
Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare
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Sumario:How should we understand transgenderism, especially as it affects children and adolescents? Psychiatric manuals include transgenderism among mental illnesses (Gender Identity Disorder). Such inclusion is relatively recent, and even the words transsexual and transgender were coined only a few decades ago. Yet stories of children with an in-between gender have always been, albeit symbolically, a part of popular culture. Drawing on fairy tales, as well as from personal narratives and clinical studies, this book explains how ""Gender Identity Disorder"" manifests in children, critically evaluat
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (233 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203097892
9781283841962
9781136224621