Moving the goal post and using ethics as a rhetorical refuge doesn’t change the evidence: About the debate on the best care for minors with gender issues
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- 10.1186/s12910-026-01631-z
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- 2026-10-12
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12910-026-01631-z,
title = {Moving the goal post and using ethics as a rhetorical refuge doesn’t change the evidence: About the debate on the best care for minors with gender issues},
author = {FD Zepf and M Ligges and C Ligges and L König and T Banaschewski and CS Monsalve and R Kaltiala and J Smids},
year = {2026},
journal = {BMC Medical Ethics},
doi = {10.1186/s12910-026-01631-z},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01631-z}
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TY - JOUR TI - Moving the goal post and using ethics as a rhetorical refuge doesn’t change the evidence: About the debate on the best care for minors with gender issues AU - FD Zepf AU - M Ligges AU - C Ligges AU - L König AU - T Banaschewski AU - CS Monsalve AU - R Kaltiala AU - J Smids PY - 2026 JO - BMC Medical Ethics DO - 10.1186/s12910-026-01631-z UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01631-z ER -
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Zepf, F., Ligges, M., Ligges, C., König, L., Banaschewski, T., Monsalve, C., Kaltiala, R., & Smids, J. (2026). Moving the goal post and using ethics as a rhetorical refuge doesn’t change the evidence: About the debate on the best care for minors with gender issues. BMC Medical Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01631-z
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