Essays about: "De-pathologisation"

Found 1 essay containing the word De-pathologisation.

  1. 1. Pathologise/De-Pathologise: : Changing Medical Understandings of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in Britain

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Charles Price; [2018]
    Keywords : Transgender; Gender Non-Conforming; Healthcare; Medicine; Pathologisation; De-pathologisation; Futures; Britain;

    Abstract : In recent years there has been increasing awareness of transgender and gender non-conforming people in the UK, and in turn there have been vastly increasing numbers of people seeking medical treatment for their gender dysphoria. This research paper analyses the past medical literature on transgender and gender non-conforming people in the UK, in combination with an interview with a surgeon working in the field of sex reassignment surgery, to examine the historical trends in medical approaches to gender non-conformity. READ MORE