Learning to assist women born with atypical genitalia: journey through ignorance, taboo and dilemma

References

• Anonymous . 1994 . Once a dark secret . British Medical Journal , 308 , 542 .
   Google Scholar
• Balen , A. , Creighton , S. , Davies , M. , Macdougall , J. and Stanhope , R. 2003 . Multi-disciplinary approach to paediatric & adolescent gynaecology , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Boyle , M. , Smith , S. & Liao , L.M. (in press) . Consensual genital surgery for intersex women: a solution to what problem? Jouranl of Health Psychology .
   Google Scholar
• Creighton , S. 2001 . Surgery for intersex . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine , 94 : 218 – 220 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Erskine , A. , Liao , L.M. , Christmas , P. , Boyle , M. , Glover , L. and Rutter , C. 2003 . Psychological intervention in women's health: values, theory and practice . Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology , 21 : 173 – 182 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hegarty , P. 2000 . Intersex activism, feminism and psychology: opening a dialogue on theory, research and clinical practice . Feminism & Psychology , 10 : 117 – 132 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hughes , I.A. 2002 . Intersex . British Journal of Urology International , 90 : 769 – 776 .
   Google Scholar
• Hunter , M.S.& and Liao , K.L.M. 1995 . Problem solving groups for mid-aged women in general practice . Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology , 13 : 147 – 151 .
   Google Scholar
• Kessler , S.J. 1998 . Lessons from the intersexed , New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Liao , L.M. , Abramson , Z. and Corp , C. 2000 . “ Self-help and support groups ” . In Premature menopause: a multidisciplinary approach , Edited by: Singer , D. and Hunter , M. 202 – 231 . London : Whurr .
   Google Scholar
• May , B. , Boyle , M. and Grant , D. 1996 . A comparative study of sexual experiences: women with diabetes and women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency . Journal of Health Psychology , 1 : 479 – 492 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Minto , C.L. , Liao , L.M. , Woodhouse , C.R. , Ransley , P.& and Creighton , S. 2003 . Adult outcomes of childhood clitoral surgery for ambiguous genitalia . The Lancet , 361 : 1252 – 1257 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simmonds , M. 2003 . “ Patients and parents in decision making and management ” . In Multi-disciplinary approach to paediatric & adolescent gynaecology , Edited by: Balen , A. , Creighton , S. , Davies , M. , MacDougall , J. and Stanhope , R. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Stam , H.J. 2000 . Theorizing health and illness: functionalism, subjectivity and refiexivity . Journal of Health Psychology , 5 : 273 – 283 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Weijenborg , P.T.M. and Ter Kuile , M.M. 2000 . The effect of a group programme on women with the Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome . British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , 107 : 365 – 368 .
   Google Scholar