Children with gender identity disorder : a clinical, ethical, and legal analysis / / by Simona Giordano
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| Autore: |
Giordano Simona, Dr.
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| Titolo: |
Children with gender identity disorder : a clinical, ethical, and legal analysis / / by Simona Giordano
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 618.928583 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gender identity disorders in children - Social aspects |
| Gender identity disorders in children - Counseling of | |
| Gender identity disorders in children - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Children with Gender Identity Disorder A Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Transgenderism: Setting the Scene; 2 What Is Gender?; 3 Gender Identity Development; 4 What Is 'Gender Identity Disorder'? Tales of People in Between; 5 Available Treatments for Transgender Children and Adolescents; 6 Ethical Issues Surrounding Treatment of Transgender Minors; 7 The Treatment of Minors with Gender Dysphoria: Legal Concerns; 8 Epistemological Issues Relating to Transgenderism |
| 9 Should Gender Minorities Pay for Medical Treatment?10 Conclusions; Notes; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How should we understand transgenderism, especially as it affects children and adolescents? Psychiatric manuals include transgenderism among mental illnesses (Gender Identity Disorder). Such inclusion is relatively recent, and even the words transsexual and transgender were coined only a few decades ago. Yet stories of children with an in-between gender have always been, albeit symbolically, a part of popular culture. Drawing on fairy tales, as well as from personal narratives and clinical studies, this book explains how ""Gender Identity Disorder"" manifests in children, critically evaluat |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Children with gender identity disorder |
| ISBN: | 0-203-09789-0 |
| 1-283-84196-7 | |
| 1-136-22462-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823001003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare