#i2 1/17 It's that time of year again - the national conference of @AmerAcadPeds is this weekend in #NOLA. Once again, there's a "session" with a misleading title: "Common Problems of the Genitalia in Newborns and Infants." An ethical practitioner would read that title & think...
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10/17 Based on Dr Palmer's blatant plagiarism of Dr Gong's blurb (wonder what Dr Gong or whoever certified the CME for both sessions thinks about that), there seems to be little reason to expect a substantially different presentation. Indeed, the only significant blurb change...pic.twitter.com/85Ik1wnF3x
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#i2 11/17 is a deletion. Clearly, Dr Palmer would rather not defend the proposition that "[r]ecent studies suggest there may be a medical benefit to neonatal circumcision." This 2019 revision reflects the prevailing international medical consensus that the risks & harms of...Prikaži ovu nit -
12/17 neonatal
#circumcision outweigh the supposed benefits, & that@AmerAcadPeds isolated contrary view, expressed in a 2012 "Circumcision Policy Statement" (that expired in 2017) has "been graded by almost all other pediatric societies and associations worldwide as being...Prikaži ovu nit -
13/17 scientifically untenable." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316527603_Cultural_bias_in_American_medicine_the_case_of_infant_male_circumcision … Of course, complications of this elective procedure - i.e., iatrogenic harm - will also be discussed, although oddly the focus is on their management, not their prevention. If it's anything like "Penile Anomalies," the...
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14/17 discussion of "complications" will come in 3 parts: 1) Ridicule anyone who wants ethical rules applied to the foreskin in exactly the same way they are universally applied to all other anatomy (complete with puerile laughter from so-called "professionals" in the audience)
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15/17 After all, it's crazy for anyone to get so worked up about
#circumcision because the procedure is so minor & safe. 2) Unironically show several recent examples of boys with injuries like degloving & partial glans amputations caused by their#circumcisions (w/more laughter)Prikaži ovu nit -
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#i2 3) "Forget" to talk about death cases, or address how elective#circumcision could possibly be ethical if there is ANY risk of death. In fact, I guarantee you Dr Palmer will completely dodge any and all ethical questions & concerns, just as Dr Gong did, or else give...Prikaži ovu nit - Kraj razgovora
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