ISBN:
9781402043147
,
9781422043141
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXV, 336 p, digital)
Series Statement:
International Library of Ethics, Law and the New Medicine 29
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T.
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Ethics
;
medicine Philosophy
;
Philosophy
;
Ethics
;
medicine Ethics
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Hermaphroditism
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Intersexualität
Abstract:
Sharon E. Sytsma
Abstract:
Designed to serve as a reference book for intersexuals, their parents, health care professionals, ethics committee members, and anyone interested in problems associated with intersexuality. It includes data on gender identity, surgical outcomes, and appropriate clinical care
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminary; The Role of Genes and Hormones in Sexual Differentiation; Towards a More Inclusive Conception of Gender-Diversity for Intersex Advocacy and Ethics; Intersex and the Rhetorics of Healing; Intersex and Human Rights: The Long View; International Legal Developments Protecting the Autonomy Rights of Sexual Minorities: Who Should Determine the Appropriate Treatment for an Intersex Infant?; The Right to Be Wrong: Sex and Gender Decisions; Advances in Treating (Or Not Treating) Intersexed Persons: Understanding Resistance to Change
Description / Table of Contents:
Experiments in Gender: Ethics at the Boundaries of Clinical Practice and ResearchPrenatal Gender Imprinting and Medical Decision-Making:Genetic Male Neonates with Severely Inadequate Penises; Gender Identity and Intersexuality; Intersex, East and West; Adult Outcomes of Feminizing Surgery; Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents with Intersex Conditions; Psychology and Clinical Management of Vaginal Hypoplasia; The Ethics of Using Dexamethasone to Prevent Virilization of Female Fetuses; Intersexuality, Cultural Influences, and Cultural Relativism; Authenticity and Intersexuality
Description / Table of Contents:
Christianity and Human Sexual Polymorphism: Are They Compatible?Ethics and Futuristic Scientific Developments Concerning Genitoplasty; Postmodern Intersex; Back matter
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/1-4220-4314-7
URL:
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