Where should gender identity disorder go? Reflections on the ICD-11 reform

Gender Identity: Disorders, Developmental Perspectives and Social Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 161-180

  Giordano, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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