Tertium non datur - either/or reactions to transsexualism amongst health care professionals: The situation past and present, and its relevance to the future

Psychology and Sexuality

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-243

  Nieder, Timo O ^a   Richter Appelt, Hertha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender identity disorders; psychoanalysis; sexual binary; transgenderism; transsexualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053023171     PISSN: 19419899     EISSN: 19419902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2010.545955     Document Type: Article

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