Sex Assignment and Diagnostics in Infants with Ambiguous Genitalia - A Single-Center Retrospective Study
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An emerging ethical and medical dilemma: should physicians perform sex assignment surgery on infants with ambiguous genitalia?
INTRODUCTION • 2 I. THE REMARKABLE CASE OF JOHN/JOAN • 5 II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURGICAL STANDARD OF CARE • 12 A. Standards of Care Within the Medical Community • 12 B. The Surgical Standard in Treatment ofAmbiguous Genitalia . 16 C. Standard Care and Malpractice Claims 27 III. PARENTAL CONSENT TO GENITAL SURGERY AND SEX REASSIGNMENT ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN • 34 A. The Doctrine of Informed Cons...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexual Development
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1661-5425,1661-5433
DOI: 10.1159/000502074