It was to be expected that Prof Guyatt, the 'father' of evidence based medicine would stand firm on the strict demands of an evidence base when contemplating an irreversible mutilating and sterilising medical procedure on children.
It is apparent that our Gender Physicians either do not understand the concept of ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or chose to ignore it.
Pleading tolerance I post a previous post I have submitted to GCN on the subject of EBM.
As per the link above EBM is a tiered system which has five levels. Tie1 is, of course the highest order and thus the most effective and safe therapies.
One would expect that an invasive, irreversible, sterilising procedure involving children would Tier 1. Not so, according to the criteria the ‘Affirmative Model of Gender Care’ would satisfy Level 3 – A totally unacceptable level for what is being done to these children!
. . . .However it doesn’t finish there, the well documented very poor long-term outcome (30 plus years – see references below) will impact the evidence base to well below level 3.
Very poor outcomes from a therapy negatively impact its evidence base by revealing limitations in the treatment, highlighting the need for better patient-therapist matching, or indicating that a different therapeutic approach is required.
To remind readers of a few of the long-term outcome following gender transition I reference 3 of the many studies with a very brief summary. These studies are readily available on the internet:
1. Transition as Treatment: The Best Studies Show the Worst Outcomes
• Key Findings: Total mortality was 51% higher than in the general population, mainly from suicide, AIDS, CVS diseases, drug abuse and unknown causes.
2. Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Sweden (1973– 2023)
• Key Finding: Individuals who underwent sex reassignment surgery exhibited substantially higher risks of mortality, suicidal behaviour and psychiatric conditions compared to the general population.
3 . Somatic Morbidity and Cause of Death in Denmark (1978–2010)
• Key Finding: Among individuals who underwent GT, somatic morbidity increased from 19.1% pre-surgery to 23.2% post-surgery
This interesting and encouraging given that Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute of Sexual Health is where this who medical intervention into sex confusion came from. I read that it was his books that the Nazis burnt.
Thank you Bernard for this reporting. I was previously scheduled to attend but made the decision not to.
Sorry not to meet you, Erica. B
It was to be expected that Prof Guyatt, the 'father' of evidence based medicine would stand firm on the strict demands of an evidence base when contemplating an irreversible mutilating and sterilising medical procedure on children.
It is apparent that our Gender Physicians either do not understand the concept of ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or chose to ignore it.
Pleading tolerance I post a previous post I have submitted to GCN on the subject of EBM.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470182/
As per the link above EBM is a tiered system which has five levels. Tie1 is, of course the highest order and thus the most effective and safe therapies.
One would expect that an invasive, irreversible, sterilising procedure involving children would Tier 1. Not so, according to the criteria the ‘Affirmative Model of Gender Care’ would satisfy Level 3 – A totally unacceptable level for what is being done to these children!
. . . .However it doesn’t finish there, the well documented very poor long-term outcome (30 plus years – see references below) will impact the evidence base to well below level 3.
Very poor outcomes from a therapy negatively impact its evidence base by revealing limitations in the treatment, highlighting the need for better patient-therapist matching, or indicating that a different therapeutic approach is required.
To remind readers of a few of the long-term outcome following gender transition I reference 3 of the many studies with a very brief summary. These studies are readily available on the internet:
1. Transition as Treatment: The Best Studies Show the Worst Outcomes
• Key Findings: Total mortality was 51% higher than in the general population, mainly from suicide, AIDS, CVS diseases, drug abuse and unknown causes.
2. Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Sweden (1973– 2023)
• Key Finding: Individuals who underwent sex reassignment surgery exhibited substantially higher risks of mortality, suicidal behaviour and psychiatric conditions compared to the general population.
3 . Somatic Morbidity and Cause of Death in Denmark (1978–2010)
• Key Finding: Among individuals who underwent GT, somatic morbidity increased from 19.1% pre-surgery to 23.2% post-surgery
This interesting and encouraging given that Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute of Sexual Health is where this who medical intervention into sex confusion came from. I read that it was his books that the Nazis burnt.