Care of Transsexual Persons
- 31 March 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 364 (13), 1251-1257
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmcp1008161
Abstract
A healthy and successful 40-year-old man finds it increasingly difficult to live as a male. In childhood, he preferred playing with girls and felt that he should have been one. After much agonizing, he has concluded that only sex reassignment can offer the peace of mind he craves.Keywords
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