#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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#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...Show this thread -
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#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...Show this thread -
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)Show this thread -
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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...Show this thread - End of conversation
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