Consensus from differences: Lack of professional consensus on the retention of the gender identity disorder diagnosis

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 60-74

  Ehrbar, Randall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus statement; Diagnosis; DSM; Gender identity disorder; GID; Transgender; Transsexual; WPATH

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956916703     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2010.513928     Document Type: Article

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