Removing gender identity disorder from the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: A call for action

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-189

  Ault, Amber ^a   Brzuzy, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 65549115471     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.2.187     Document Type: Note

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