Transgender medicine - puberty suppression
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DOI: 10.1007/s11154-018-9457-0
Abstract: Puberty suppression is the reversible first step of endocrine medical treatment in transgender youth, and allows for two very important aspects of transgender management. Firstly, it buys the patient, family and their medical team time… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; puberty suppression; puberty; transgender medicine ... See more keywords
Forever young? The ethics of ongoing puberty suppression for non-binary adults
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-106012
Abstract: In this article, we analyse the novel case of Phoenix, a non-binary adult requesting ongoing puberty suppression (OPS) to permanently prevent the development of secondary sex characteristics, as a way of affirming their gender identity.… read more here.
Keywords: binary adults; puberty suppression; non binary; ongoing puberty ... See more keywords
Improving Our Understanding of Medical Decision-Making Competence in Puberty Suppression.
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-053451
Abstract: In this issue of Pediatrics, Vrouenraets et al present findings on an important study assessing transgender adolescents’ medical decision-making competence (MDC) to give informed consent for starting puberty suppression (PS) among a sample of youth… read more here.
Keywords: decision; making competence; decision making; puberty suppression ... See more keywords