hrp0086con1.4 | Challenges in the Management of DSD | ESPE2016

An Ethicist’s Viewpoint

Wiesemann Clsssaudia

Decisions for children not able to consent must aim at promoting the well-being of the child and future adult and minimize physical and psychosocial risks. In atypical sex development, well-being is a complex category comprising physical and psychosocial health (present as well as long-term). The child has a right to a gendered identity, bodily integrity, fertility, quality of life including sexual life, and mental health. However, patient well-being is a normative concept and...