Genital surgery for disorders of sex development: Implementing a shared decision-making approach

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 789-805

  Karkazis, Katrina ^a   Tamar Mattis, Anne ^b   Kon, Alexander A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advocates for Informed Choice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

(MeSH): decision making; Hermaphroditism; Sex differentiation disorders; Urogenital surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROCESS MODEL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77958563765     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2010.129     Document Type: Review

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