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'''Regret doctor''' is a term for describing physicians who used to circumcise boys, but have come to the conclusion that there is | '''Regret doctor''' is a term for describing physicians who used to circumcise boys, but have come to the conclusion that there is no [[medical indication]] for the [[amputation]]. | ||
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|Text=It is absolutely not medically necessary at all. I've performed circumcisions that I now profundly regret. Sometimes the babies are in so much [[pain]] some of them initially cry and then go quiet as they go into mental [[shock]]. Never again. | |||
|Author=Eugene Gu, MD | |||
|Source=Twitter | |||
|ref=<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://twitter.com/eugenegu | |||
|website=Twitter | |||
|title=Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) | |||
|date=2019-01-11 | |||
|accessdate=2019-11-22 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
}} | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Pain]] | |||
* [[Trauma]] | |||
{{REF}} | |||
[[Category:Intactivism]] | [[Category:Intactivism]] | ||
[[Category:Intactivism term]] | |||
[[Category:Pain]] | |||
[[Category:Regret]] | [[Category:Regret]] | ||
[[de:Bedauernder Arzt]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:12, 8 April 2025
Regret doctor is a term for describing physicians who used to circumcise boys, but have come to the conclusion that there is no medical indication for the amputation.
| “ | It is absolutely not medically necessary at all. I've performed circumcisions that I now profundly regret. Sometimes the babies are in so much pain some of them initially cry and then go quiet as they go into mental shock. Never again. – Eugene Gu, MD (Twitter)[1] |
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References
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(11 January 2019). Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu)
, Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
