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===Circumcised doctors and circumcision policy===
===Circumcised doctors and circumcision policy===


Goldman (2005)  observes when circumcised doctors are appointed to a committee to develop circumcision policy they bring their cultural and personal biases to the table. Doctors who perform circumcisions need to justify their practice. Circumcised doctors may be under a compulsion to repeat the trauma.<ref name="vanderkolk1989" /> Risks and certain injury are likely to be understated, while benefits are exaggerated. Human rights issues may be ignored. The likely result is a policy statement heavily [[bias| biased]] in favor of circumcision.<ref name="goldman2005">{{REFjournal
Goldman (2005)  observes when [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctors]] are appointed to a committee to develop circumcision policy they bring their cultural and personal biases to the table. Doctors who perform circumcisions need to justify their practice. Circumcised doctors may be under a compulsion to repeat the trauma.<ref name="vanderkolk1989" /> Risks and certain injury are likely to be understated, while benefits are exaggerated. Human rights issues may be ignored. The likely result is a policy statement heavily [[bias| biased]] in favor of circumcision.<ref name="goldman2005">{{REFjournal
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