Primary care doctors need to step up for transgender patients
Helen argues that GPs who know patients from birth to death should be helping transgender patients instead of referring them away, and calls for doctors to educate themselves rather than dismissing trans patients
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Dr Helen Webberley, Gender Specialist and Medical Educator
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