Katherine,
As Steve Harris's email points out, the official reason (or at
least the one which gained media attention) was the report by Meyer
and Reter (Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol 36, August 1979).
This was, as the Bulloughs state, a very unsound piece of research
and actually only included 15 operated patients who had had
surgery between 1966 and 1971. One of the best critiques was by
Fleming, Steinman and Bocknek in Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 9:5
1980. Even so Meyer and Reter's conclusions hardly called the
surgical programme into question.
In the magazine Transition (published by Confide Counselling
Services - 14 issues, 1978-1980) No 11 July-Sept 1979, p4, it is
stated that "no sex-reassignment operations have been performed at
Hopkins in about a year. The halt has been attributed not to any
change in policy but to the departure of two eminent surgeons - Dr
Howard W. Jones Jr and Dr Milton T. Edgerton ".
Hope this helps.
Best of luck
Dave
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