Transsexualism in Portugal: The legal framework and procedure, and its consequences for transsexuals

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-225

  Costa Santos, Jorge ^a,b   Madeira, Rosa ^a  

^a Inst of Legal Medicine of Lisbon

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL STRESS; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0029805463     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249603600307     Document Type: Article

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