James Heilman

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James M. Heilman (born 1979 or 1980 in Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian emergency physician, Wikipedian, and advocate for the improvement of Wikipedia's health-related content. Hellman is also known as Doc James, the name he uses when he edits articles at Wikipedia.

Heilman is head of the department of emergency medicine at East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada where he lives.

Early life

Heilman was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan. It appears that he received a circumcision at an early age. His behavior is typical of that of a circumcised man.[1]

Views on circumcision

Canada has turned away from its former practice of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision. Medical societies call it obsolete, non-therapeutic and unnecessary.[2] The Canadian Health Insurance Plans (HIPs) have not paid for non-therapeutic circumcision since 2006,[3] and most Canadian hospitals no longer provide it. The incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision in Canada has sharply declined, nevertheless, Heilman appears to continue to support non-therapeutic circumcision.

Wikipedia

Improvement of medical articles

Heilman has taken an interest in upgrading Wikipedia medical articles.[4] He edits medical articles under the editorial name of "Doc James".

Articles relating to male circumcision

Heilman has taken over the editing of articles relating to male circumcision. In this role, he now occupies the position formerly held by Jake H. Waskett and displays a similar circumcision bias. An examination of the circumcision related articles edited by Heilman, would lead one to believe that he has become an disciple of Brian J. Morris and his associates because of the frequent citation of Morris' biased articles.

Strangely, Heilman, who apparently lacks a foreskin, relies on such men as Brian J. Morris and John N. Krieger, who also lack a foreskin, for information on the nature of the sensation from the foreskin.

Heilman (Doc James), has the power to get contributors who he does not like banned from Wikipedia, which he does not hesitate to use.[5]

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References

  1. REFweb Hill, George (27 May 2012). Circumcision and Human Behavior, https://genitalwholeness.wordpress.com, Genital wholeness. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
    Quote: Medical doctors in Australia, Canada, and the United States practiced circumcision in the twentieth century, so these nations have a heavy proportion of circumcised men, some of whom become medical doctors. These circumcised male doctors share the same bias in favor of male circumcision as do other circumcised males. Male doctors who were circumcised as infants are more likely to recommend circumcision of infants to parents.
  2. REFjournal LeBourdais, Eleanor. Circumcision no longer a "routine" surgical procedure.. Can Med Assoc J. 1995; 152(11): 1873-6. PMID. PMC. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. REFdocument Skeldon, Sean: The Medicalization and Resultant Decline of Circumcision in Canada PDF, University of Calgary. (March 2008). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. REFjournal Heilman JM, West AG. Wikipedia and medicine: Quantifying readership, editors, and the significance of natural language. J Med Internet Res. March 2015; 17(3): e62. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. REFweb Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Retrieved 6 May 2021.