Survey on infant male circumcision

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  1. Do you agree with AAP's policy statement on male circumcision?

    • 36
      Yes, but the decision to circumcise should be left up to the parents.
    • 30
      No, I don't believe infants should be routinely circumcised
    • 1
      Yes. I believe in male circumcision as public health measure, but only when a male can consent for circumcision himself.
    • 0
      Undecided. I don't think there is enough scientific literature to make a decision at this point.
    • 1
      Other

68 members have participated

The current policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

"Evaluation of current evidence indicates that the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks and that the procedure's benefits justify access to this procedure for families who choose it." http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/3/585

Specializes in Anesthesia.
Just because we don't run naked anymore doesn't mean that skin doesn't still need to be protected. Have you seen the head of a member of an uncirc'd man and a circ'd man? The skin does not look the same, the head of the member is clearly calloused on an uncirc'd man. I don't see that as normal, it was not intended to be that way.

Yes, I have seen hundreds if not more of both types, and no the glans member on an uncircumcised man is not normally calloused.

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lol..You have done much dental rehab for Alaskan natives then.

You clearly have one opinion on this an nothing anyone says will change your mind which is fine. But laughing at me because yes I don't live or work in Alaska is idiotic. And it is not an advocated choice for the entire US population like circumcision is so your example is basically pointless.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
You clearly have one opinion on this an nothing anyone says will change your mind which is fine. But laughing at me because yes I don't live or work in Alaska is idiotic. And it is not an advocated choice for the entire US population like circumcision is so your example is basically pointless.

I wasn't laughing at you. Geez get a grip. I was joking because it made me think of the awful dental care that is rampant among Alaskan natives. It was meant as joke and not as a joke even directly making fun of you, but just an oddity of trying to make generalized comparisons to everyone.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

closed for staff review.

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