Gender identity services must better integrate members of transgender People's social networks in care

David Matthew Doyle^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.

David Matthew Doyle. EClinicalMedicine. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 31:56:101829.

doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101829. eCollection 2023 Feb.

David Matthew Doyle^{1

2}

¹ Department of Medical Psychology, Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interests relating to the commentary.

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