The ethics of helping transgender men and women have children

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-60

  Murphy, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEXUALITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77950128996     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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