Ethical issues raised by the treatment of gender-variant prepubescent children

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages S17-S22

  Drescher, Jack ^a,b   Pula, Jack ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICALIZATION; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; TRENDS;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MEDICALIZATION; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES;

EID: 84916884123     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hast.365     Document Type: Article

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