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Doctors from Harvard Medical School today challenged the removal of their articles from the Patient Safety Network (PSNet), a government-run website for doctors and medical researchers to share information about medical errors, misdiagnoses, and patient outcomes. The papers were removed as part of a takedown of information that the government contends promotes “gender ideology,” including any articles containing certain prohibited terms, including “LGBTQ” and “trans[gender].”
The articles removed include “Endometriosis: A Common and Commonly Missed and Delayed Diagnosis,” co-authored by plaintiff Dr. Celeste Royce, which included a sentence about diagnosis in transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and “Multiple Missed Opportunities for Suicide Risk Assessment in Emergency and Primary Care Settings,” co-authored by plaintiff Dr. Gordon Schiff, which included a sentence about heightened risk in LGBTQ communities.
"Good doctors serve and advocate for their patients, whoever they are,” said Dr. Celeste Royce. “We cannot uphold an oath to Do No Harm if our training and research are politicized. This administration is putting a culture war above the rights of clinicians and the public’s need for accurate, adequate health information. The very foundations of medical research and trust in medicine are at risk if the government can pick and choose what kind of research gets halted or published.”
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