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Services for trans health
Redesigning gender identity services: an opportunity to generate evidence
BMJ 2018; 363 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4490 (Published 29 October 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;363:k4490
- Richard Byng, general practitioner and professor in primary care research1,
- Susan Bewley, emeritus professor of obstetrics and women’s health2,
- Damian Clifford, consultant liaison psychiatrist3,
- Margaret McCartney, general practitioner and freelance writer4
- 1Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, ITTC Building, Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth PL6 8BX, UK
- 2King’s College London, UK
- 3Cornwall, UK
- 4Glasgow, UK
- richard.byng{at}plymouth.ac.uk
A recent feature in The BMJ implied that new services are all that’s needed to improve transgender healthcare.1 Providing timely, sensitive services for all, including those who decide to not pursue treatment or detransition, is important.2 But the article did not question the steep rise in referrals of mainly young women or the potential harms of medical overdiagnosis and overtreatment, given the lack of …
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