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In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.
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As Nature Made Him, John Colapinto
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- As Nature Made Him
- Subtitle
- The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Colapinto
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0061120561
- ISBN13
- 9780061120565
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Nature, Psychological Topics, References & Manuals, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Science, USA, Health, Medicine, Erotica, Children, 20th century, LGBTQ+, School, Sexuality & Intimacy, Social Issues, Coming Of Age, Mental Health, Canada, Research, Identity, Ethics, Survival, Abuse, Siblings, Gender, Human Body, Suicide, Social Justice, Homosexuality, Accident, Surgery, Twins, Canadian Literature, Problems, Body, Case Studies, Physiology, Transgender, Misfortune, Medical Ethics, Medical Research, Transsexuality, Gender Change, Sexual Identity
- Description
- In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.