Sex change surgery guidelines drafted
China is set to 1 its first clinical guildline on sex-change surgery,according to a notice put on the website of the Ministry of health yesterday.
The ministry is now soliciting public and professional opinions on the draft guideline. The coming guideline aims to regulate and standardlinze sex reassignment surgery, part of a treatment for gender identity disorder in transsexuals
Experts 2___nearly 2,000 chinese have undergone sex-change surgery while 100;000 to 400,000 are still considering it, however ,no official number is available.in the draft, the MOH sets __3__ criteria for both surgical candidates and medical institutions.
Camdidates for the surgery must be older than 20 and single , the draft guideline said. They are also required to prove a persistent desire for a sex change,to live for at least five consecutive years full-time in the new gender role, and to engage__4__ mental therapy for at least one year.
Before surgery can take place, a candidate must receiver a recommendation for the operation from a ___5__ after an appropriate series of therapy sessions.
Also ,several legal requirements __6__ be met before the procedure.
The candidate must provide proof from police that he or she has does not have any criminal offenses in the past, Police must also agree to change the sex status on the identity card of the __7___ receiver before the operation can tanke__8___.
The advent of such a guideline ___9__to show that the government is concerned __10__ the needs of a relatively small __11__ of people who want to change sex.
But doctors also warn that all stakeholders, including the hospital and prospective receivers ,should be highly cautious about this surgery.
The operation is more than a medical procedure due__12__ its huge social and legal consequences. doctors should make it clear to those__13_ sex-change surgeries that the option always remains to continue to live in the original role. the guideline requires surgeries to tell patients about other options__14_ hormone therapy. they are also required to explain the risks involved ,and underlying social barriers including discrimination, and administrative recognition and approval.
For the candidates, the surgery itself is not big issue __15_the long run, the real issue is the kind of life he or shw will have to lead afterward.
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