The Pros And Cons Of Transgender Children

At what age is it acceptable for a child to decide to have a gender change operation without the permission of a parent/guardian? Transgender is an umbrella term, children feel they are trapped in the wrong body with wrong genitalia. These children may decide to remove the organs or reconstruct that resembles the other. These children are at risk and vulnerable, so caring of transgender children is very critical. I believe that the child should be at least 18 years and older to decide to have a gender change operation. The reason I chose this is because the child should be mentally and physically prepared for this.

Gender identity disorder (GID) is a term used to describe these children. As per American psychiatric association, there are four

Harm reduction is used as a justification for treatment among providers, with the vast majority endorsing medical intervention during early puberty to prevent psychological suffering and more invasive treatment in later adulthood. The decision-making process may be enlightening by the review of Hippocratic oath. This appears ro support an approach to gender dysphoria that may ethically include SRS, if it is considered by the practitioner and patient alike to be the potential benefit. Conversely, the same oath excerpt may be used to condemn SRS as harmful, mutilative and deleterious. We have no sufficient evidence to prove if the surgery does more harm or help the children. There is serious risk associated with sex change which include suicide and depression. Psychological conflicts have been seen in both patients and their

This principle applies to this situation because most of the time health resource allocation decsions are based on attampts to answer questions regarding who has a right to health crae, how much care a person is entitled to and who will cover the cost. Gender surgery is one of them, since most of the insurance companies are reluctant to pay for the procedure. The American Psychiatric Association (APA), for example, explains in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) that GD is listed therein not due to the discrepancy between the individual’s thoughts and physical reality, but due to the presence of emotional distress that hampers social functioning. The DSM-V also notes that a diagnosis is required for insurance companies to pay for cross-sex hormones and sex reassignment surgery (SRS) to alleviate the emotional distress of GD. Once the distress is relieved, GD is no longer considered a disorder.2 If we have a diagnosis code for this disease. As most of providers say that s psychological disease. treatment cost should be covered by insurance companies as any disease. It should not be considered as a elective cosmetic