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 promotional [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations and has the usual omissions. 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

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 and has the usual omissions. 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

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In a glaring display of medical ineptitude, the 2022 RACP statement cited the 2012 American Academy of Pediatrics statement, which had expired five years before in 2017 and no longer was an official statement. One should also be aware of the citation of papers by circumcision promoter [[Brian Morris]].

In a glaring display of medical ineptitude, the 2022 RACP statement cited the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] statement, which had expired five years before in 2017 and no longer was an official statement. One should also be aware of the citation of papers by circumcision promoter [[Brian Morris]].

The RACP evidently wanted to do what it could to increase the revenue of its members from infant circumcision.

* [[Australia]]

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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 promotional [[Medical_trade_association#Statements_regarding_male_circumcision| statements regarding male circumcision]] from medical trade associations and has the usual omissions. 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
+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 and has the usual omissions. 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
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 }}</ref>
-In a glaring display of medical ineptitude, the 2022 RACP statement cited the 2012 American Academy of Pediatrics statement, which had expired five years before in 2017 and no longer was an official statement. One should also be aware of the citation of papers by circumcision promoter [[Brian Morris]].
+In a glaring display of medical ineptitude, the 2022 RACP statement cited the 2012 [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] statement, which had expired five years before in 2017 and no longer was an official statement. One should also be aware of the citation of papers by circumcision promoter [[Brian Morris]].
+The RACP evidently wanted to do what it could to increase the revenue of its members from infant circumcision.
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 * [[Australia]]