Submission: Draft revised guidelines Sexual boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship

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Morgan Carpenter, for IHRA (then OIIAU), and Bonnie Hart, for the AISSGA, made a joint letter of submission in March to the Medical Board of Australia on proposed “Draft revised guidelines Sexual boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship”.

Intersex variations (often contentiously termed “disorders of sex development” in clinical settings) relate to personal sex characteristics, and so these guidelines are of particular concern to us and our members and constituencies.

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Joint letter of submission to the Medical Board of Australia
Details of the consultation by the Medical Board of Australia