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Zucker is not the victim of misguided activism. He was fired because, simply, he wasn't doing his job, which is to provide (evidence-based) medical treatment fo
by TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
Zucker is not the victim of misguided activism. He was fired because, simply, he wasn't doing his job, which is to provide (evidence-based) medical treatment for trans people, not peddle pseudo-scientific conversion therapy. If he'd done to adults what he did to kids, maybe he'd have been gone sooner.
- xupybd 11y agoFrom that article it did not seem to be the case? Is there any evidence that he was not practicing evidence-based medical treatments?
- mcv 11y agoThat's certainly my impression too. The article sounded like he had evidence on his side, and the activists distorted some of the events. Then again, this is only one article. Maybe the article itself is biased. There's really no good way for us to be sure. Though to me, the story sounds reasonable, and the actions of everybody involved sound understandable from their viewpoint (even when it is misguided).
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoThe article is indeed biased. A good example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11064927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11064927 It claims there is "strong evidence", but doesn't point to it, and dismisses most of the evidence against Zucker.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoFrom what I know of it, Zucker's own report on patient outcomes doesn't come out showing much success, but I can't read it as I lack access to paid journals. There's also been published criticism of CAMH's practices. More to the point, why would Zucker persist with his own method when there actually is evidence for the conventional approach?