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1966: Intro to Transsexual Phenomena, Harry Benjamin

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The TRANSSEXUAL PHENOMENON Harry Benjamin, M.D Preface and Acknowledgement There is a challenge as well as a handicap in writing a book on a subject that is not yet covered in the medical literature. Transsexualism is such a subject. The handicap lies in the absence of all previous observations to which to compare one’s own, and which would thus allow a more meaningful appraisal of the entire problem The challenge lies in the novelty of these observations and in the attempt to describe clinical pictures and events without preconceived notions, with no axes to grind, and with no favorites to play. Conclusions, therefore, are “untainted,” growing out of direct observance. As one who is neither surgeon nor psychiatrist – but rather as a student of sexological problems, and also as a long-time practitioner in sexology – I feel myself to be in a good position for the necessary objectivity. There

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Community significance

“1966: Intro to Transsexual Phenomena, Harry Benjamin” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to healthcare and medicine, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning healthcare and medicine. Published in 2012 by Cristan’s Research, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how transgender identity and history was framed at that moment.

Policy significance

“1966: Intro to Transsexual Phenomena, Harry Benjamin” 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 transgender identity and history.

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Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
100%
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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
81%
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Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
63%
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Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
20%
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Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
10%
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History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
7%

Academic framing

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Clinical and medical analysis
100%
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Historical analysis
8%

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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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Cristan

125 publications · 110 inbound sources/citations