Male circumcision, if done properly is not mutilation. And the benefits of circumcision not only help adults, they help kids too. So please, just stop. Stop it.https://twitter.com/ThePerezHilton/status/1114241571438956544 …
No child can possibly "meet the qualifications" b/c children cannot validly #consent to elective surgery.
Why is this irrefutable ethical fact so difficult to understand? #i2 @WHO @CDCgov @AmerAcadPeds #tweetiatrician #VMMC #MedEd #MedTwitter @HillaryClinton @BillGates
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Male Circumcision since before the USA became the USA. It has been a cultural practice for a lot of communities. VMMC aids to make these procedures safe too.
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#circumcision on medical grounds, because it unquestionably violates all 4 cardinal principles of medical#ethics, you've retreated to "cultural practice" as a basis for it - the same basis upon which#Brunei just brought back stoning.#i2 - 3 more replies
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Children under 18 don't sign their consent forms. They are minors. Their parents do. By qualifications I meant things like, no sores, children who are not underweight, to name a few.
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Exactly. The reason why children under 18 don't sign
#consent forms is that they are too young to give valid consent. Their parents' "consent" is not a valid substitute in the absence of a clinical condition to be diagnosed or treated.#i2@AmerAcadPeds https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/95/2/314.full.pdf … - 2 more replies
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Also, sometimes the family practices Islam or nomiyah and they bring their child for circumcision. They consent properly under religious practices.
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This makes no difference to the
#bioethical analysis. No one can validly#consent to circumcise a child without being able to base it on bona fide medical need, no matter what other reasons they give, even if they are "religious."#i2
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So, while for Europeans who don't practice circumcision because they are not Muslim or Jewish or for personal preference, here it overlaps with a lot of influences that cannot be ignored
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Translation: It's ok for US to tear apart a child's genitals, because in OUR culture, that just what we do.
#i2#HisBodyHisChoice
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Yes, we can advice people to embrace it, but we cannot force them to have VMMC or MC. You also can't force people not to have MC or VMMC. It is a person's choice at the end. As a medic, you are expected to have an open mind. It makes it easier to understand everything
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When you say it's a "person's choice" you mean it's an adult's choice. It's not a choice that can validly be made by a child. You can't point to a single example of another elective surgery to which a child could give "consent" that would be recognized as valid by a civilized MD
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