Ethical issues in the mental health treatment of trans adolescents

Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth: Second edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 38-52

  Swann, Stephanie K ^a   Herbert, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Emory University Hospital   (Georgia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203870907-8     Document Type: Chapter

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