Circumcision study flaws

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The Circumcision study flaws are numerous. The medical literature relating to circumcision is influenced by religious and cultural views of many authors. Moreover the circumcision status of the author impacts his views.

Polarity

The medical literature regarding male circumcision is highly polarized. Foreskinned doctors tend to write papers hostile to circumcision, while circumcised doctors tend to write papers in favor of circumcision.

Statements from medical trade associations

Medical trade associations exist to protect and advance the financial and business interests of their fellows (members). A few medical trade associations have issued statements regarding non-therapeutic circumcision of children. Such statements usually have an inherent conflict of interest between the best interests of the fellows' financial well-being and the well-being of male children.

One should draw a distinction between non-US statements and US statements.

Non-US statements

The Royal Dutch Medical Association {KNMG) published a statement regarding the non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors in 2010. The Netherlands is a nation where human rights are respected, so it should be no surprise that the statement emphasizes the protection of the human rights of male minors and the reduction in the number of non-therapeutic circumcisions of children as much as possible. It finds no medical purpose for child non-therapeutic circumcision.

• Kruseman, Arie (27 May 2010). Non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors , www.knmg.nl, Royal Dutch Medical Association. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

The British Medical Association 28-page statement (2019) focuses on legal and ethical advice to its fellows to help keep them out of trouble in a regulatory environment that is unfriendly to practitioners of non-therapeutic male circumcision. It has little to say about the medical aspects of non-therapeutic circumcision.

• (2019). Non-therapeutic male circumcision (NTMC) of children – practical guidance for doctors , www.bma.org.uk, British Medical Association. Retrieved 30 July 2020.