Is it right to call women 'bodies with vaginas'?

This is the odd phrase used by one of the country's most prestigious medical journals, The Lancet, last week. But is using this type of language truly inclusive to everyone – including those who don't identify with the gender they were assigned at birth – or will it just lead to more confused patients? The Medical Minefield team talk to Dr Alison Berner, a registrar in Gender Identity, who warns of the detrimental impact of gendered terms for some patients, while Professor Joyce Harper says using complex terms risks putting patients at harm.

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