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1968: Harry Benjamin Intro to Jorgensen Bio

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Source Summary

FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY HARRY BENJAMIN, M.D. Noted American endocrinologist “As a physician and, I hope, a medical man of understanding, I salute the courage of Christine Jorgensen and the warm humanity of the Jorgensen family. “Here is an autobiography that was long overdue. Christine Jorgensen owed its writing not only to herself and her family but also to a large number of people who similarly are searching for their true identity. Christine also most decidedly owed it to science and the medical profession. She was in duty bound to supplement the technical report made by her Danish physicians in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1953 with her own account of the inner and outer events in her still rather young life. Medically, Christine presents an almost classic case of the transsexual phenomenon or, in other words, a striking example of a disturbed gender role orientation. “In

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Interpretive context

Why this article may matter

Community significance

“1968: Harry Benjamin Intro to Jorgensen Bio” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to healthcare and medicine, while also engaging family and relationships. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2012 at Cristan’s Research, “1968: Harry Benjamin Intro to Jorgensen Bio” provides dated evidence of how healthcare and medicine was being argued in relation to family and relationships. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

“1968: Harry Benjamin Intro to Jorgensen Bio” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with healthcare and medicine. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for family and relationships.

Content analysis

Ranked themes and framings

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Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
100%
2
Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
86%
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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
43%
4
Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
43%
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Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
29%

Academic framing

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Clinical and medical analysis
100%

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Granular comparative context

How “Healthcare and medicine” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 1 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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3 2005

3 2006

23 2007

16 2008

6 2009

4 2010

36 2011

52 2012

55 2013

28 2014

10 2015

8 2016

18 2017

17 2018

3 2019

1 2020

1 2022

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1 2025

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1distinct referring domains

0best available scholarly cited-by count

0books or volumes documented

1references retained by the source publication

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Source-held references1

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Publisher-held referencesChecked · August 31, 2026

Scholarly indexesChecked · August 31, 2026

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Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

Cristan Williams

143 publications · 714 inbound sources/citations

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Cristan Williams

319 publications · 3,580 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.