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The general ignorance of the human [[foreskin]] in the American medical community and the prevailing poor quality of care provided to [[foreskinned]] boys has led to the creation of the '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}'''.
The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is maintained on the website of [[Your Whole Baby]]. The names of intact-friendly doctors is provided by parents who had a good experience with the doctor.
The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' may be accessed at [https://www.yourwholebaby.org/doctors Intact-friendly doctors list].
According to Doctors Opposing Circumcision, such physicians:
* respect the natural developmental process of the [[foreskin]], and its variability. They know not to hurry the process nor worry about normal variations like [[Balooning of the foreskin| ballooning]], [[smegma]], etc.
* know that the average age for full retractability of the [[foreskin]] is about age 10,<ref name="Thorvaldsen">{{REFjournal
|last=Thorvaldsen
|init=MA
|last2=Meyhoff
|init2=H
|title=Patologisk eller fysiologisk fimose?
|trans-title=Pathological or physiological phimosis?
|language=Danish
|journal=Ugeskr Læger
|volume=167
|issue=17
|pages=1858-1862
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/normal/thorvaldsen1/
|quote=
|pubmedID=
|pubmedCID=
|DOI=
|date=2005
|accessdate=2023-05-06
}}</ref> and that it is completely normal for some boys not to be retractable until after puberty.
* know that [[Forced foreskin retraction| forcible retraction of the foreskin]] is harmful, and that it is not necessary for cleaning, examination, or catheterization.
* know that foreskin care in the young child is very simple: “Only clean what is seen” and “Leave it alone!”
* Should foreskin or urinary tract problems occur, they use non-invasive treatments, make every effort to preserve and protect genital wholeness, and know that [[circumcision]] of children is rarely, if ever, needed.
{{REF}
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