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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 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]].<ref name="hill2017">{{REFjournal
|last=Hill
|first=George
|init=G
|author-link=George Hill
|title=The case against circumcision
|journal=Journal of Men's Health and Gender
|date=2007
|volume=4
|issue=3
|pages=318-323
|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=04ace5046cc27f01b8fbe4aa359c059778983912
|quote=
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|accessdate=2023-10-01
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[[Circumcised]] doctors are more likely to give poor advice on the care of [[intact]] boys. According to Bigelow (1995)
[[Circumcised]] doctors are more likely to give poor advice on the care of [[intact]] boys. According to Bigelow (1995):
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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
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
  |last=Bigelow, Ph.D
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==Location==
==Location==
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.
[[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
American [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]], such as


* the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]]
* the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]]
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==Examples==
==Examples==
There are hundreds of thousands of [[circumcised]] doctors, many of them of Jewish heritage. Some notable examples of circumcised doctors are:
There are hundreds of thousands of [[circumcised]] doctors, many of them of Jewish heritage. Some notable examples of [[circumcised]] doctors are:
* [[Robert C. Bailey]]
* [[Robert C. Bailey]]
* [[Benjamin E. Dawson]]
* [[Benjamin E. Dawson]]
* [[Aaron J. Fink]]
* [[Aaron J. Fink]]
* [[Andrew Freedman]]
* [[Andrew Freedman]]
* [[Hershel Goldman]]
* [[David Golovsky]]
* [[David Golovsky]]
* [[Ronald H. Gray]]
* [[Ronald H. Gray]]
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* [[Murray Katz]]
* [[Murray Katz]]
* [[John N. Krieger]]
* [[John N. Krieger]]
* [[Paul C. Mohl]]
* [[M. J. Moses]]
* [[M. J. Moses]]
* [[Stephen Moses]]
* [[Stephen Moses]]
* [[Mehmet Cengiz Öz]]
* [[Neil Pollock]]
* [[Neil Pollock]]
* [[Abraham Ravich]]
* [[Abraham Ravich]]
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* 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
* 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
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Please see:
Please see:
* [https://www.yourwholebaby.org/doctors-list Intact friendly doctors list]
* [https://www.yourwholebaby.org/doctors-list Intact friendly doctors list]


{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Adamant father syndrome]]
* [[Adamant father syndrome]]
* [[Bias]]
* [[Bias]]
* [[Circumcised]]
* [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys]]
* [[Forced foreskin retraction]]
* [[Forced foreskin retraction]]
* [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys]]
* [[American urologists and the practice of male circumcision]]
* [[Issues with American urologists and the practice of male circumcision]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
* [[Psychological issues of male circumcision]]
* [[Regret doctor]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[Trauma]]