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Ethics of management of gender atypical organisation in children and adolescents

Simona Giordano

In Michael Boylan (ed.), International Public Health Policy & Ethics. Dordrecht. pp. 249--272 (2008)

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Is it a boy or a girl? Who should (not) know children's sex and why?Daniela E. Cutas & Simona Giordano - 2013 - Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (6):374-377.details In this paper, we present the case of a couple who refused to disclose the sex of their child to others, and some of the responses that this case prompted in the international media. We outline the ethical issues that this case raises, and we place it into the more general context of parental preferences regarding the gender (development) of their children and of the impact on children of parental choices in the matter. Based on current knowledge of gender identity (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
Where Christ Did Not Go: Men, Women and Frusculicchi: Gender Identity Disorder : Epistemological and Ethical Issues Relating to the Psychiatric Diagnosis.Simona Giordano - 2011 - Monash Bioethics Review 29 (4):1-22.details Gender Identity Disorder is classified as a mental illness and included in the DSM-IV and ICD-10. It will also be included in the DSM-V. The psychiatric diagnosis, in spite of some apparent advantages, has significant psychological and social adverse implications. This paper discusses some of the main epistemological reasons to consider gender variance as a mental disorder. It will also evaluate whether reasons of other kinds may justify the inclusion of gender variance amongst mental illnesses. Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations

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