Sex change

Here are entered works on the surgical and hormonal alteration of a person's biological sex characteristics.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85120565
- info:lc/authorities/sh85120565
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85120565#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Change of sex
- Reassignment, Sex
- Sex change surgery
- Sex reassignment
- Transsexual surgery
Broader Terms
- Generative organs--Surgery
- Hormone therapy
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11953336f
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb119806543
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4157015-7
Earlier Established Forms
- Change of sex
Sources
- found: Random House (sex change)
- found: Hennepin (Sex change surgery)
- found: Acad. Am. encyc.: v. 17, p. 225 (sex reassignment)
- found: Intl. dict. med. biol. (Transsexualism; sex reassignment operation; transsexual surgery)
- notfound: MESH
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the surgical and hormonal alteration of a person's biological sex characteristics.
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2003-09-24: revised

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