The trend to shape system of cataloging, universally recognized, has also involved medical field. The first diseas-es’ classification dates back to 1893 and in the second half of 20th century the World Health Organization re-ceived the task of keeping it up to date. Before dealing with the "how" (to catalog) it is necessary to decide the “what" and this aspect deserves particular attention when it concerns sexual related aspects. These latter require not only a juridicalchoice, but also a sociological and political one. In this regard, ICD’ rephrase is interesting because it has qualified transgender’ issue as a sexual disorder, thus excluding it from chapter on mental illness-es. This decision comes at the end of a long process that has involved Institutions, international and European, and courts and it deserves to be scrutinized, in particular for the consequences that may trigger with it.
La tendenza a creare sistemi di catalogazione ha coinvolto anche il campo medico. La prima classifica-zione delle malattie risale al 1893 e dalla seconda metà del ‘900 l’Organizzazione mondiale della Sani-tà ha ricevuto il compito di tenerla aggiornarla. Prima “del come” (catalogare) occorre però decidere “il cosa” e ciò merita attenzione qualora si tratti di aspetti legati alla sfera sessuale. Si tratta infatti di una scelta non solo giuridica, ma anche sociologica e politica. Con specifico riguardo a questo aspetto, la riformulazione dell’ICD è interessante poiché include i transgender nel capitolo suidisturbi sessuali non più in quello delle malattie mentali. La decisione arriva al termine di un lungo processo che ha coinvolto le Istituzioni, internazionali ed europee, in uno alle corti di giustizia, e merita di essere scru-tinato, in particolare per le conseguenze che potranno derivarne.
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Sexual Disorder chapter' rephrase: the transgender issue / B.A.R. Cappiello. - In: GENIUS. - ISSN 2384-9495. - 6:1(2019 Jun), pp. 33-41.
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Sexual Disorder chapter' rephrase: the transgender issue
B.A.R. Cappiello
2019
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The trend to shape system of cataloging, universally recognized, has also involved medical field. The first diseas-es’ classification dates back to 1893 and in the second half of 20th century the World Health Organization re-ceived the task of keeping it up to date. Before dealing with the "how" (to catalog) it is necessary to decide the “what" and this aspect deserves particular attention when it concerns sexual related aspects. These latter require not only a juridicalchoice, but also a sociological and political one. In this regard, ICD’ rephrase is interesting because it has qualified transgender’ issue as a sexual disorder, thus excluding it from chapter on mental illness-es. This decision comes at the end of a long process that has involved Institutions, international and European, and courts and it deserves to be scrutinized, in particular for the consequences that may trigger with it.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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