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{{Construction Site}}[[File:Dr._James_Heilman.jpg|thumb|Heilman at Wikimania 2015]]'''James M. Heilman''' (born 1979 or 1980{{LifeData|birthplace=Saskatchewan|birthcountry=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 hes he uses when he edits articles at Wikipedia.

Heilman is head of the department of emergency medicine at [https://www.interiorhealth.ca/locations/east-kootenay-regional-hospital East Kootenay Regional Hospital ] in Cranbrook, British Columbia, [[Canada]] where he lives.

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.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://genitalwholeness.wordpress.com/article/circumcision-and-human-behavior-2y9nanfagw8nr-13/ |archived= |title=Circumcision and Human Behavior |last=Hill |first=George |author-link=George Hill |publisher=Genital wholeness |website=https://genitalwholeness.wordpress.com |date=2012-05-27 |accessdate=2020-12-05 |format= |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.}}</ref> ==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.<ref name="lebourdais1995">{{REFjournal |last=LeBourdais |first=Eleanor |init= |author-link= |etal=no |title=Circumcision no longer a "routine" surgical procedure. |journal=Can Med Assoc J |location= |date=1995 |volume=152 |issue=11 |pages=1873-6 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1337997/pdf/cmaj00071-0145.pdf |quote= |pubmedID=7773907 |pubmedCID=1337997 |DOI= |accessdate=2021-07-29}}</ref> The Canadian Health Insurance Plans (HIPs) have not paid for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] since 2006,<ref name="skeldon2008">{{REFdocument |title=The Medicalization and Resultant Decline of Circumcision in Canada |url=https://prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/handle/1880/47498/2008_HMD_Skeldon.pdf?sequence=1 |contribution= |last=Skeldon |first=Sean |publisher=University of Calgary |format=PDF |date=2008-03 |accessdate=2022-06-28}}</ref> 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.<ref name="heilman2015">{{REFjournal |last=Heilman |init=JM |first=James M. |author-link=James Heilman |last2=West |init2=AG |first2=Andrew G. |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Wikipedia and medicine: Quantifying readership, editors, and the significance of natural language |journal=J Med Internet Res |date=2015-03 |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=e62 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376174/ |pubmedID=25739399 |pubmedCID=4376174 |DOI=10.2196/jmir.4069 |accessdate=2020-12-06}}</ref> 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. 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.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%22User:Doc_James%22%20%22circumcision%22&prefix=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27+noticeboard&fulltext=Search&fulltext=Search&ns0=1 |title=Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard |last= |first= |accessdate=2021-05-06}}</ref> {{SEEALSO}}* [[Bias]]* [[Canada]]* [[Circumcised doctors]]* [[Wikipedia bias on circumcision]]{{LINKS}}* {{URLwikipedia|James_Heilman|James Heilman|2020-12-17}} {{REF}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heilman, James}}