Montreal Doctor Suspended for 3 Months After Argument Over Patient’s Pronouns

Montreal Doctor Suspended for 3 Months After Argument Over Patient’s Pronouns
A photo illustration shows a stethoscope and blood-pressure machine of a French general practitioner displayed in a doctor's office in Bordeaux Jan. 7, 2015. Reuters/Regis Duvignau
William Crooks
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A family physician based in Montreal has been suspended for three months for professional misconduct involving a transgender patient.

The complaint against Dr. Raymond Brière, filed by Dr. Jean Pelletier, the deputy syndic of the Collège des Médecins du Québec, alleged that Dr. Brière failed to maintain impeccable conduct and ended the medical follow-up of a transgender patient in a manner that violated multiple articles of the Code of Ethics of Physicians.