Sex Development 7 Flashcards

Identify the social and medical challenges of caring for individuals with disorders of sexual development.

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What are the psychosocial aspects regarding disorders of sexual development?

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  • Gender identity
  • Gender role
  • Gender orientation
  • Hopefully gender of rearing = gender identity
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What are some key points to approaching patients and families with DSD?

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  • social +/- medical emergency
  • guilt, abnormal child, cultural attitudes
  • “your baby”, “your child” NOT “it”
    • want to delay naming
  • factual explanation of sexual differentiation
  • pictures and diagrams
  • show parents specific physical findings
  • team approach
  • involve parents in decision making
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