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Children and gender : ethical issues in clinical management of transgender and gender diverse youth, from early years to late adolescence /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giordano, Simona (Lecturer in bioethics) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Issues in biomedical ethics.
Subjects:
Gender transition > Hormone therapy > Moral and ethical aspects.
Gender reassignment surgery > Moral and ethical aspects.
Transgender children.
Transgender youth.
Bioethics.
Human rights.
Transgender Persons > psychology.
Gender Dysphoria > psychology.
Adolescent Health > ethics.
Puberty Inhibitors > therapeutic use.
Gender-Affirming Procedures > ethics.
Bioethical Issues.
Ethics, Clinical.
Human Rights.
Personal Autonomy.
Child.
Adolescent.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The current landscape
  • Gender incongruence and gender dysphoria in children and adolescents: clinical descriptions, psychosexual outcome studies, aetiology
  • Gender development
  • Gender incongruence as a condition related to sexual health
  • Clinical guidance on the management of gender diverse youth: an historical account
  • The early stages of clinical management: Should children transition socially?
  • The first stage of medical treatment: puberty suppression
  • Risks and benefits of puberty suppression
  • Are trans children guinea pigs? The fear of unethical experimentation
  • Can valid consent to medical treatment be given by gender diverse minors?
  • What should the role of the family and the court be?
  • Is it ethical to use puberty blockers in the treatment of gender dysphoria?
  • Ethical issues in the provision of cross-sex hormones
  • Gender-affirming surgery: ethical issues around age of access