The last time we talked about the balance between free speech and professional obligations, the comments were numerous and robust (to say the least). Despite…
A great divide between doctors resurfaced last month, when GP Dr Jereth Kok faced a tribunal over 85 of his social media posts, including one…
The public was offered a rare glimpse into one of the country’s paediatric gender clinics last week. There had been all sorts of dark allegations…
The UK’s Cass Review should not be a blueprint for gender-affirming care in Australia. Headed by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, the NHS-commissioned review recommends against…
The public debate on the rights and wrongs of gender-affirming care is often reduced to the small number of patients who decide to detransition. The…
Last year, there was yet another eruption in the culture wars. It was the angry fallout of a research paper looking at so-called ‘desistence’ rates…
NHS England has banned the “routine” prescription of puberty blockers for children and young people with gender dysphoria, claiming there is insufficient evidence of their safety. The decision,…
This morning saw the release in JAMA Pediatrics of a new study looking at young patients referred to one of Australia’s state-funded paediatric gender clinics.…
A group of doctors at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney made headlines last year following the publication of their research paper in an…
The de-sexing of medical language has sparked debate this week, after 180 clinicians and researchers warned the NHMRC of its clinical dangers. Responding to two…
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