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Trust
October 31, 2024 • Posted in Blog
Guest Column*
by Janet Liljestrand, M.D., M.A.
Trust, once lost, is difficult to regain. In last month’s Tennessee CBC article Credibility and How to Lose it, Dr. D. Joy Riley questioned if the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) risks its credibility for recommending “gender affirming care” in the treatment of gender dysphoria. Such treatment involves radically and unnaturally changing the body and is not based on scientific data. The AAP is indeed an influential organization. It makes recommendations, but pediatric practitioners and Children’s Hospitals put those recommendations into practice for minors. Children’s Hospitals and pediatricians alike ...read more