Minding the body: Situating gender identity diagnoses in the ICD-11

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568-577

  Drescher, Jack ^a   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy ^b   Winter, Sam ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DSM-5; EXPERIENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ICD-10; ICD-11; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871394782     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2012.741575     Document Type: Article

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