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Title Ethics and intersex / edited by Sharon E. Sytsma
Published Dordrecht ; [London] : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 336 pages) : illustrations
Series International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 29
International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 29.
Contents The Role of Genes and Hormones in Sexual Differentiation; S.F. Kemp -- Towards a More Inclusive Conception of Gender-Diversity for Intersex Advocacy and Ethics; D.T. Ozar -- Intersex and the Rhetorics of Healing; D. Hester -- Intersex and Human Rights; A.D. Dreger -- International Legal Developments Protecting the Autonomy Rights of Sexual Minorities: Who Should Determine the Appropriate Treatment for an Intersex Infant? J.A. Greenberg -- The Right to be Wrong: Sex and Gender Decisions; M. Diamond, H. Glenn Beh -- Advances in Treating (Or Not Treating) Intersexed Persons: Understanding Resistances to Change; E.G. Howe -- Experiments in Gender: Ethics at the Boundaries of Clinical Practice and Research; T.F. Murphy -- Prenatal Gender Imprinting and Medical Decision-Making: Genetic Male Neonates with Severely Inadequate Penises; W.G. Reiner -- Gender Identity and Intersexuality; K.J. Zucker -- Intersex, East and West; G.L. Warne, V. Bhatia -- Adult Outcomes of Feminizing Surgery; S.M. Creighton -- Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents with Intersex Conditions; F. Pfäfflin, P. Cohen-Kettenis. -- Psychology and Clinical Management of Vaginal Hypoplasia; L.-M. Liao -- The Ethics of Using Dexamethasone to Prevent Virilization of Female Fetuses; S.E. Sytsma -- Intersexuality, Cultural Influences and Cultural Relativism; S.E. Sytsma -- Authenticity and Intersexuality; H.E. Stark -- Christianity and Human Sexual Polymorphism: Are They Compatible? P.B. Jung -- Ethics and Futuristic Scientific Developments Concerning Genitoplasty; J.M. Schober -- Postmodern Intersex; I. Morland
Summary "This collection of 21 articles is designed to serve as a state-of-the art reference book for intersexuals, their parents, health care professionals, ethics committee members and anyone interested in problems associated with intersexuality. It fills an important need because of its uniqueness as an interdisciplinary effort, bringing together not just urologists and endocrinologists, but gynecologists, psychiatrists, psychologists lawyers, theologians, gender theorists, medical historians, and philosophers."--Jacket
Analysis filosofie
philosophy
ethiek
ethics
geneeskunde
medicine
Philosophy (General)
Filosofie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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In Springer e-books
Subject Intersexuality -- Moral and ethical aspects
Intersexuality -- Treatment
Bioethics.
Gender identity.
Human rights.
Disorders of Sex Development
Bioethical Issues
Gender Identity
Human Rights
sex role.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality.
Intersexuality -- Treatment.
Hermaphroditism.
Bioethical Issues.
Gender Identity.
Human rights.
Intersexuality -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Human rights
Gender identity
Bioethics
Intersexuality -- Treatment
Form Electronic book
Author Sytsma, Sharon E
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