American Academy of Pediatrics: Difference between revisions
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) m →Second policy (1975): Revise text. |
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) →First policy (1971): Add text. |
||
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
The policy cited the 1970 landmark paper by E. Routine circumcision of the newborn is an unnecessary procedure. It provides questionable benefits and is associated with a small but definite incidence of complications and hazards. These risks are preventable if the operation is not performed unless truly medically indicated. Circumcision of the newborn is a procedure that should no longer be considered routine.Noel Preston as its authority.<ref name="preston1970">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Preston | |||
|first=E. Noel | |||
|init= | |||
|author-link= | |||
|etal=no | |||
|title=Whither the foreskin? | |||
|trans-title= | |||
|language= | |||
|journal=JAMA | |||
|location= | |||
|date=1970-09 | |||
|volume=213 | |||
|issue=11 | |||
|article= | |||
|page= | |||
|pages=1853-8 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/preston/ | |||
|archived= | |||
|quote=Routine circumcision of the newborn is an unnecessary procedure. It provides questionable benefits and is associated with a small but definite incidence of complications and hazards. These risks are preventable if the operation is not performed unless truly medically indicated. Circumcision of the newborn is a procedure that should no longer be considered routine. | |||
|pubmedID=5468911 | |||
|pubmedCID= | |||
|DOI=10.1001/jama.213.11.1853 | |||
|accessdate=2021-07-23 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
===Second policy (1975)=== | ===Second policy (1975)=== | ||