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May 27, 2007
Quickie Link: Sex Change Doctor Guilty of Misconduct
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By vanrozenheim
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(UK) - The UK's best-known expert on transsexualism was today found guilty of serious professional misconduct for rushing five patients into sex-changing treatments, but avoided being struck off. The disciplinary panel ruled that Dr Reid must no longer prescribe patients with sex-changing hormones at the first appointment, nor without a firm diagnosis that they are transsexual or a proper psychiatric assessment. The panel determined that the consultant psychiatrist was too quick to provide patients with hormones and to refer them for genital surgery.
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