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According to his own statements, Professor Morten Frisch does not identify as an [[intactivist]]. Nevertheless, the area of genital integrity and the medical and ethical effects of [[circumcision]] are part of his areas of interest and he has published several papers about the subject.
 
According to his own statements, Professor Morten Frisch does not identify as an [[intactivist]]. Nevertheless, the area of genital integrity and the medical and ethical effects of [[circumcision]] are part of his areas of interest and he has published several papers about the subject.
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== Danish circumcision debate ==
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In 2020, Frisch and 41 of his colleagues (chief physicians, specialists, ward doctors and junior doctors) protested in an [[Danish open letter to Danish Agency for Patient Safety|open letter]] against the knee-jerk reaction to religious pressure that the Danish Agency for Patient Safety has shown in the issue of the boy circumcision problem.<ref>{{REFweb
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|url=https://politiken.dk/debat/debatindlaeg/art7932040/J%C3%B8disk-lov-skal-ikke-diktere-reglerne-for-drengeomsk%C3%A6ring-i-Danmark
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|title=Opråb fra bekymrede læger: Jødisk lov skal ikke diktere reglerne for drengeomskæring i Danmark
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|trans-title=Calls from concerned doctors: Jewish law should not dictate the rules for boy circumcision in Denmark
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|language=Danish
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|publisher=Politiken.dk
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|date=2020-09-21
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Revision as of 16:17, 21 September 2020

Morten Frisch is a Danish epidemiologist who works as a consultant and senior investigator at the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen.

Frisch received his M.D. in 1989, his Ph.D. in 1995, and his D.Sc. in 2002, all from the University of Copenhagen. In 2008, he was appointed an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. In 2012, he was appointed an adjunct professor of sexual health epidemiology at Aalborg University.

According to his own statements, Professor Morten Frisch does not identify as an intactivist. Nevertheless, the area of genital integrity and the medical and ethical effects of circumcision are part of his areas of interest and he has published several papers about the subject.

Danish circumcision debate

In 2020, Frisch and 41 of his colleagues (chief physicians, specialists, ward doctors and junior doctors) protested in an open letter against the knee-jerk reaction to religious pressure that the Danish Agency for Patient Safety has shown in the issue of the boy circumcision problem.[1]

Video

Publications

References

  1. REFweb (21 September 2020). Opråb fra bekymrede læger: Jødisk lov skal ikke diktere reglerne for drengeomskæring i Danmark [Calls from concerned doctors: Jewish law should not dictate the rules for boy circumcision in Denmark] (Danish), Politiken.dk. Retrieved 21 September 2020.