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Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children

byHannah Barnes

BBC journalist Hannah Barnes investigates the rise and collapse of the Tavistock clinic's Gender Identity Development Service, once the United Kingdom's only specialist service for children questioning gender. Interviews with clinicians, former patients, families, and officials reveal growing referrals, contested evidence, internal warnings, and disputes over assessment and medical intervention. Barnes traces how a polarized public debate affected professional judgment and institutional accountability. The book asks how health systems should respond compassionately to distressed young people when research is limited, diagnoses are complex, and political pressure makes uncertainty difficult to acknowledge.

Publisher

Swift Press

Publication date

Mar 08, 2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

466

ISBN

9781800753396