...This chapter first addresses the medical models of transvestism and transsexuality. It considers ethnomethodology, which provided an initial critique of medical perspectives on transgender practices. In addition, the critiques of medical discourse brought by lesbian and gay studies, and feminism...

.... In addition to providing a roughly chronological history of ideas, it explores how contemporary trans possibilities have emerged through categorisation and contestation, and explains why medical discourse has played a particularly important role in this process. It looks at how recent sociological studies...

... discourse, both theoretically and in relation to their clinical practice. healthcare professionals domestic violence medical discourse clinical practice This chapter focuses on definitions of domestic violence suggested by stage two participants. This question was asked to ascertain whether any...