Royal Australasian College of Physicians: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref> So the RACP clearly does '''not''' protect children from not required surgery.

The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members which includes medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations.

The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members which includes medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other promotional [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations. Notably, the statement omits mention of the death of a boy in Perth the previous year and the statement by Dr. Duncan-Smith of the Australian Medical Association should be done only for a medical indication.<ref>{{REFnews

|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html

|title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out

|last=Wondracz

|first=Aidan

|init=A

|publisher=Daily Mail

|date=2021-12-09

|accessdate=2023-11-17

}}</ref>

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 }}</ref> So the RACP clearly does '''not''' protect children from not required surgery.
-The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members which includes medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations.
+The RACP is a [[medical trade association]] so it has a duty to promote the business of its physician members which includes medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys. The 2022 statement, ''Circumcision of Infant Males'', fulfills its duty to promote circumcision. The statement is typical of other promotional [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations. Notably, the statement omits mention of the death of a boy in Perth the previous year and the statement by Dr. Duncan-Smith of the Australian Medical Association should be done only for a medical indication.<ref>{{REFnews
+ |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
+ |title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out
+ |last=Wondracz
+ |first=Aidan
+ |init=A
+ |publisher=Daily Mail
+ |date=2021-12-09
+ |accessdate=2023-11-17
+}}</ref>
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