Money 1975
- Created by: rebeccahankinson
- Created on: 14-05-15 17:06
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- Money 1975
- AIM
- To obtain information about sexual reassignment in infants
- Procedure
- Studied 45 cases of males brought up as females (43 with penis& 2 infantile)
- At john Hopkins hospital
- Brenda/ Bruce/ David Reimer
- Identical twins Bruce and Brian
- Bruce was bought up as a girl after 10 months sent for circumcision went wrong
- Parents saw DR Money on advert so sent him a letter
- Decided to bring Bruce up as girl
- 1967 Bruce was surgically castrated
- At the age of 12 was given estrogen
- Dr money watched the progress
- When Brenda was older he decided he wanted to be a boy and called himself David
- Dr Money when Brenda/ Brian was 7 made them ***** and took pictures to show the difference of boy& Girl
- David got reconstruction, Got married, Marriage ended he committed suicide
- Brian committed suicide by overdosing on anti- depressants
- Conclusion
- Surgical and hormone therapy is possible to habilate a baby with a grossly defective penis
- Evaluation
- Dr Money used to study to back his theory up but it may have been down to biology as he said he felt male
- His family was put under stress as him and his brother committed suicide
- Money research was successful for some clients. He could nurture them we can apply this to other cases
- AIM
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