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== Circumcision in New Zealand == | == Circumcision in New Zealand == | ||
The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic medically unnecessary circumcision in New Zealand rose to about 95 percent in the 1940s. The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision started to decline about 1950. It was reported at 0.35 percent among white New Zealanders in 1995.<ref>{{REFbook | The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic medically unnecessary circumcision in New Zealand rose to about 95 percent in the 1940s. The incidence of male neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision started to decline about 1950. The decline seems to have been triggered by the publication of [[Douglas Gairdner]]'s classic 1949 paper, ''The Fate of the Foreskin: A Study of Circumcision''<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Gairdner | |||
|first=D.M. | |||
|title=The fate of the foreskin: a study of circumcision | |||
|journal=British Medical Journal | |||
|volume=2 | |||
|issue=4642 | |||
|pages=1433-1437 | |||
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|pubmedID=15408299 | |||
|pubmedCID=2051968 | |||
|DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4642.1433 | |||
|date=1949 | |||
|accessdate=2019-10-28 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
It was reported at 0.35 percent among white New Zealanders in 1995.<ref>{{REFbook | |||
|last=McGrath | |last=McGrath | ||
|first=Ken | |first=Ken | ||