共用题干Sex Change Surgery Guidelines Drafted

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Sex Change Surgery Guidelines Drafted

China is set to issue its first clinical guideline on sex-change surgery,according to a notice put on the
website of the Ministry of Health yesterday. The ministry is now soliciting（征求）public and professional
__________(51)on the draft guideline.The coming guideline aims to regulate and standardize sex reassign-
ment surgery.
Experts___________(52)nearly 2,000 Chinese have undergone sex-change surgery while 100,000 to
400,000 are still considering it. However,no official number is available.In the draft,the MOH sets mini-
mum _________(53)for both surgical candidates and medical institutions.
Candidates for the surgery must be older than 20 and single,the draft guideline said.They are also
required to prove a persistent_________(54)for a sex change,to live for at least five consecutive years
full-time in the new gender role,and to engage in mental therapy for at least one year.
Before surgery can take place,a candidate must receive a recommendation for the operation from a
___________(55)after an appropriate series of therapy sessions.Also,several legal requirements must be
met_________(56)the procedure.The candidate must provide proof from police that he or she does not
have any criminal_________(57)in the past. Police must also agree to change the sex status on the identity
card of the prospective（未来的）receiver before the_________ (58) can take place.
The advent（出现）of such a guideline is believed to show that the government is concerned
__________(59)the needs of a relatively small number of people who want to change sex.But doctors also
warn___________(60)all stakeholders,including the hospital and prospective receivers,should be highly
cautious about this surgery.
The operation is more than a medical_________(61)due to its huge social and legal consequences.
Doctors should make it clear to those__________(62)sex-change surgeries that the option always remains
to continue to live in the original role.The guideline_________(63)surgeons to tell patients about other
options such as hormone therapy.They are also required to explain the_________(64)involved,and under-
lying social barriers including discrimination,and administrative recognition and approval.
For the candidates,the surgery itself is not the_________(65)issue in the long run.The real issue is
the kind of life he or she will have to lead afterward.

_________(56) A:before B:after C:under D:during