1st Edition
Children with Gender Identity Disorder A Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Analysis
By Simona Giordano
Copyright 2013
232 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
250 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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,... Read more
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
Biography
Simona Giordano is Reader of Bioethics at the University of Manchester.
