|
Feder-Doctor's Orders 2002 |
|
|
|
Dr. Ellen
K. Feder, of American University, has written
an excellent and important chapter on parents and intersexed children
in a volume on care and dependency. The work is significant in
that
it is the first account of intersex based on interviews with parents.
Dr. Feder argues that the isolation of parents and medicine's failure
to take account of their experiences is unfortunate; but more than
that, parents' isolation and confusion are built into the treatment
process itself: |
|
Read more...
|