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'''Circumcised doctors''' are male doctors who were [[circumcised]] as infants, so they lack any personal knowledge and experience of a normal male body part — the [[foreskin]] of a normal, complete, functional [[penis]]. Circumcised doctors, as compared with [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] doctors, tend to be highly [[Bias| biased]] in favor of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]].

[[Circumcised]] doctors are more likely to give poor advice on the care of [[intact]] boys. According to Bigelow (1995)

America is not a generally a safe place for a foreskin regardless of the intact male's age. Most American doctors are neither trained or skilled in the less radical treatment procedures used in other countries. Av a result, they often recommend circumcision in situations that could be treated by less severe measures.<ref>{{REFbook

Circumcised doctors tend to be concentrated in such nations as Turkey and other Islamic nations, Israel, the [[United States of America]] and to a lesser extent, other English-speaking nations.

American medical trade associations, such as

There are hundreds of thousands of [[circumcised]] doctors, many of them of Jewish heritage. Some notable examples of circumcised doctors are:

}}</ref> & [[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] et al. (2002)<ref>{{BoyleGJ GoldmanR SvobodaJS FernandezE 2002}}</ref> report that circumcision is traumatic, so one may expect that [[circumcised]] doctors experienced [[trauma]] and that their behavior is impacted.  

* Stein et al. (1982) sent out questionnaires regarding circumcision practice to medical doctors in San Diego, California. The questionnnaire included questions about personal circumcision status. The authors reported:

* LeBourdais (1995) reported the [[circumcision]] status of the physician is a factor, among others, in determining if a baby is to be circumcised.<ref name="lebourdais1995">{{REFjournal

* [[Ronald Goldman|Goldman]] (1999) reported circumcised doctors will write papers to support non-therapeutic circumcision:

Medical doctors in Australia, Canada, and the United States practiced circumcision in the twentieth century, so these nations have a heavy proportion of circumcised men, some of whom become medical doctors. These circumcised male doctors share the same [[bias]] in favor of male circumcision as do other circumcised males. Male doctors who were circumcised as infants are more likely to recommend circumcision of infants to parents.<ref>{{REFweb