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Introduction: Changing Landscapes

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This chapter is about the controversy in the terminology used to describe DSD, and describes the rapidly changing attitudes in society to the issue.

What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

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  1. Department of Gynaecology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sonia R. Grover & Chloe A. Hanna

  2. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sonia R. Grover, Chloe A. Hanna & Michele A. O’Connell

  3. Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sonia R. Grover

  4. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Michele A. O’Connell

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    John M. Hutson

  2. Department of Gynaecology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sonia R. Grover

  3. Endocrinology & Diabetes, Royal Children's Hospital Endocrinology & Diabetes, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Michele A. O'Connell

  4. Department of Urology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Aurore Bouty

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    Chloe A. Hanna

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Grover, S.R., Hanna, C.A., O’Connell, M.A. (2020). Introduction: Changing Landscapes. In: Hutson, J., Grover, S., O'Connell, M., Bouty, A., Hanna, C. (eds) Disorders|Differences of Sex Development. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7864-5_1

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