Communicating with parents of the newborn with intersex: transcript of an interview.
The following is the actual transcript of an interview with a father whose child, who had a severe micropenis, was 3 weeks of age. The diagnosis had not yet been made, and a decision concerning sex of rearing had not yet been made. This text illustrates numerous important issues concerning communications with parents of infants with intersex.
Department of Pediatrics, Penn State University College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA. plee@psu.edu
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D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008511:Medicine; D010290:Parents; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013038:Specialization