Legal aspects of gender assignment

Endocrinologist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-286

  Greenberg, Julie ^a  

^a Thomas Jefferson School of Law   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIVACY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 0037591647     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ten.0000081686.21823.9d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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