September

Dr Giselle Hunt	Ms Elsie Wang

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Westland Insurance Group Ltd., Doctors of BC’s home- and office-insurance partner, provides advice to members on risk considerations for their home and office.

Home-insurance policies are issued on several different forms, which establish and define the causes of loss (or perils) for which coverage is provided. The best and broadest form is a comprehensive, or all-risks, form, which is the best form to insure your home with.

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Dr Nadine Rena Caron

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As the guest editors of the two-part Gender-affirming care in BC series, we thank you for your responses.[1-3] In reply, we emphasize that the current standards of care guiding health care providers in BC (Standards of Care Version 7)[4] and the approach taken by the team at BC Children’s Hospital require a comprehensive psychosocial assessment of an individual before providing gender-affirming hormones or surgery, especially where youth are involved. It is emphatically not “hormones or surgery on demand.”

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Like Dr Joanne Sinai, I believe that transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) youth deserve compassionate and evidence-based care. For this reason, I find it important to reply to her letter titled “The current gender-affirming care model in BC is unvalidated and outdated.”[1]

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