Medical decisions belong with doctors and patients
Dr Scott Leibowitz puts it plainly: the question in trans healthcare is not whether to provide care, but how to provide it well. When politicians frame that as a binary choice, they strip out the individualised thinking that good medicine depends on. Every person is different, and every clinical decision should reflect that.
Dr Scott Leibowitz offers an important reminder about where healthcare decisions should be made. The question is not whether trans people should receive care, but rather how that care is best provided by clinicians working alongside their patients.
When politicians frame healthcare as a binary choice, they remove the nuance and individualised thinking that good medicine requires. Every person's journey is different, and every clinical decision should reflect that complexity.
Read the full piece to explore why keeping trans healthcare in the consulting room is essential to good practice.
