Ethics and the proposed treatment for a 13-year-old with atypical gender identity

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 319-321

  Spriggs, Merle P ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 4644359045     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06297.x     Document Type: Article

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