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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giordano, Simona, Dr (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge 2013.
New York : 2013.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; 9
Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798263006719
Table of Contents:
  • Children with Gender Identity Disorder A Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Transgenderism: Setting the Scene; 2 What Is Gender?; 3 Gender Identity Development; 4 What Is 'Gender Identity Disorder'? Tales of People in Between; 5 Available Treatments for Transgender Children and Adolescents; 6 Ethical Issues Surrounding Treatment of Transgender Minors; 7 The Treatment of Minors with Gender Dysphoria: Legal Concerns; 8 Epistemological Issues Relating to Transgenderism
  • 9 Should Gender Minorities Pay for Medical Treatment?10 Conclusions; Notes; Index