Intersex / Catherine Harper.
- Harper, Catherine.
- Date:
- 2007
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Oxford : Berg, 2007.
Physical description
214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Edition
English ed.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-205) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The 'mythological hermaphrodite' -- Louise's story and others -- David's story and Diamond's recomendations -- Oluyemi's story -- Sarah-Jane's story and others -- Changes in standards of care? -- Lorna, Jessie, Sal and congenital adrenal hyperplasia -- Joanne, Ellen, Peggy and Androgen insensitivity syndrome -- Severe undervirilization in genetic males -- 'Hermaphroditism' and gonadal dysgenesis -- Sex chromosome variations: Klinefelter's syndrome -- Sex chromosome variations: Turner syndrome -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Correspondence and interviews -- Appendix 2. Societies and advocacy groups.
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Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionWJ712 2007H29iOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781845201821
- 1845201825
- 9781845201838
- 1845201833