The SAHCS gender-affirming healthcare guideline and the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine: Scientific, ethical and editorial concerns

Mark E. Patrick

doi:10.4102/sajhivmed.v27i1.1830

Letter to the Editor

The SAHCS gender-affirming healthcare guideline and the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine: Scientific, ethical and editorial concerns

Mark E. Patrick

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Mark E. Patrick, Retired Paediatrician, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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Abstract

This letter by Mark E. Patrick responds to Tomson et al.¹ (2021). It is followed by a response from the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society.

Keywords

'gender-affirming healthcare'; SAHCS Guideline; South Africa; children; Letter to the Editor

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