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  • Medical Ethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Gender Studies

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  • Transgender healthcare access is often contingent on a diagnosis, which can pathologize transgender identities.
  • Many transgender individuals reject the notion of a disorder, viewing their identity as natural.
  • This creates a conflict between seeking necessary medical care and avoiding stigmatizing labels.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how concepts from the human enhancement debate can address ethical dilemmas in transgender healthcare.
  • To propose a welfarist account of human enhancement as a framework for understanding transgender medical needs.
  • To resolve conceptual entanglements regarding access to transgender healthcare services.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the welfarist account of human enhancement.
  • Application of enhancement concepts to transgender healthcare access.
  • Ethical and conceptual argumentation.

Main Results:

  • The welfarist framework for human enhancement offers a non-pathologizing lens for transgender healthcare.
  • It can help resolve disagreements about access to medical interventions like hormone therapy and surgery.
  • This approach reframes transgender care as a means to improve well-being, not solely treat pathology.

Conclusions:

  • The human enhancement debate provides valuable insights for transgender healthcare ethics.
  • A welfarist perspective can facilitate access to desired medical interventions for transgender individuals.
  • Reframing transgender healthcare within enhancement discourse can reduce stigma and improve care access.