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A Systems Approach to the Social Difficulties of Transsexuals in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
Ma Joyce L.C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.00039
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , intervention (counseling) , psychology , social work , psychotherapist , social psychology , psychiatry , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , law
This paper identifies social difficulties commonly faced by a group of forty‐two Hong Kong transsexuals who had applied for sex reassignment surgery. It describes the use of a systems perspective to conceptualize their problems and a structural family therapy approach to social work intervention.