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Conflicts of a 90-year-old transsexual

To be, or not to be?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Yong-Lock Ong  and
Pam Davies
Pam Davies
Affiliation:
Old Age Directorate, Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust, St Andrew's Hospital Thorpe, Norwich, Norfolk NR7 0SS
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Within the ageing population there exists a small number of elderly transsexuals. There is a growing impression that they are beginning to require the services of old age psychiatry. Most services are ill equipped to deal with this group and require specialist support. This case history illustrates this need and describes the social dilemmas involved.

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Psychiatry and the Media
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 11 , November 1997 , pp. 720 - 722
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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