Difference between revisions of "Medical trade association"
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) (Add text and citation.) |
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) m (→Statements regarding male circumcision) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 53: | Line 53: | ||
== Statements regarding male circumcision == | == Statements regarding male circumcision == | ||
| − | Some medical trade associations have published an advisory statement regarding male circumcision. Male circumcision invariably causes [[Trauma| psychic and physical trauma]] and loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions]]. When performed on an newborn infant who cannot safely be given general anesthesia, circumcision causes extreme, traumatizing [[pain]]. For good reason, the statements | + | Some medical trade associations have published an advisory statement regarding male circumcision. Male circumcision invariably causes [[Trauma| psychic and physical trauma]] and loss of various [[Foreskin#Physiological_functions| physiological functions]]. When performed on an newborn infant who cannot safely be given general anesthesia, circumcision causes extreme, traumatizing [[pain]]. For good reason, one may expect the statements to have been vetted by their legal departments prior to publication, so they are not purely medical statements. |
Typically, the statements may: | Typically, the statements may: | ||
| Line 71: | Line 71: | ||
Please see [[Position statements on infant circumcision]] for a discussion of individual statements. | Please see [[Position statements on infant circumcision]] for a discussion of individual statements. | ||
| + | |||
==Legal issue== | ==Legal issue== | ||
Full disclosure of the pain, physical and psychic trauma, and loss of physiological function caused by harmful [[circumcision]] would expose fellows/members to lawsuits for damages so statements refrain from full disclosure of the harm and certain injury.<ref>{{REFjournal | Full disclosure of the pain, physical and psychic trauma, and loss of physiological function caused by harmful [[circumcision]] would expose fellows/members to lawsuits for damages so statements refrain from full disclosure of the harm and certain injury.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
| Line 96: | Line 97: | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Circumcision study flaws]] | * [[Circumcision study flaws]] | ||
| + | * [[Circumcision Is A Fraud: And The Coming Legal Reckoning]] | ||
* [[State medical societies and associations]] | * [[State medical societies and associations]] | ||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:58, 10 December 2024
A medical trade association is an organization composed of health care professionals who have united to advance their common professional trade, business, financial, and legal interests.[1] Such organizations serve as labor unions for health care professionals.
Contents
General medical associations
Some are broadly based national medical trade associations which accept membership of every type of physician. Some examples are:
- American Medical Association
- Australian Medical Association
- British Medical Association
- Canadian Medical Association
- Danish Medical Association
- Finnish Medical Association
- Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG)
and many others.
The medical trade associations have their own association:
Specialist medical trade associations
There are also many medical trade associations to advance the particular professional trade, business, financial, and legal interests of medical specialists. Some examples are:
- American Academy of Family Practioners
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Urological Association
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Canadian Urological Association
- Deutsche Gesselschaft fur Kinderchirugie (DGKCH)
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians
and many others.
Medical trade association statements regarding medical care
Medical trade associations occasionally issue an opinion statement regarding medical care offered by their speciality. The public should be aware that the medical trade associations first duty is to protect and improve the income stream of its membership. This frequently creates a conflict of interest between the best interests of the patient and the best interests of the member doctors.
Such statements may exhibit considerable bias toward protection of physician income.[1]
Statements regarding male circumcision
Some medical trade associations have published an advisory statement regarding male circumcision. Male circumcision invariably causes psychic and physical trauma and loss of various physiological functions. When performed on an newborn infant who cannot safely be given general anesthesia, circumcision causes extreme, traumatizing pain. For good reason, one may expect the statements to have been vetted by their legal departments prior to publication, so they are not purely medical statements.
Typically, the statements may:
- cite "potential" benefits of circumcision, while failing to state potential means to exist in possibility, but not in actuality.
- omit a description of the foreskin and its protective, immunological, sensory, and sexual physiological functions.
- omit an adequate description of the pain of circumcision of the newborn, lack information on the lack of effectiveness of available analgesic methods, but recommend the use of analgesia for circumcision.
- omit a description of the physical and psychic trauma inherent in circumcision.
- omit a real discussion of the human rights and medical ethics issues regarding non-therapeutic amputation of a functional body part from a non-consenting minor.
- omit a discussion of limitations on power of surrogate consent-
- omit an actual recommendation for circumcision.
- attempt to shift responsibility and liability from the surgeon to the parents of the child.
Statements that follow this formula offers advantages to a medical trade association:
- The absence of a recommendation for circumcision allows the association to escape claims for damages.
- The absence of a condemnation of circumcision allows individual members to continue to profit from performing circumcisions.
Please see Position statements on infant circumcision for a discussion of individual statements.
Legal issue
Full disclosure of the pain, physical and psychic trauma, and loss of physiological function caused by harmful circumcision would expose fellows/members to lawsuits for damages so statements refrain from full disclosure of the harm and certain injury.[2]
See also
- Circumcision study flaws
- Circumcision Is A Fraud: And The Coming Legal Reckoning
- State medical societies and associations
References
- ↑ a b
Hill G. The case against circumcision 
. Journal of Men's Health and Gender. 2007; 4(3): 318-323. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ↑ Adler PW. Is circumcision legal? . Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest. 2013; 16(3): 439-86. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
