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Experience and Reason—Briefly Recorded

Report of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Circumcision

Hugh C. Thompson, Lowell R. King, Eric Knox and Sheldon B. Korones
Pediatrics October 1975, 56 (4) 610-611;
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Abstract

There is no absolute medical indication for routine circumcision of the newborn. The physician should provide parents with information pertaining to the long-term medical effects of circumcision and noncircumcision, so that they make a thoughtful decision. It is recommended that this discussion take place before the birth of the infant, so the parental consent to the surgical procedure, if given, will be truly informed.

A program of education leading to continuing good personal hygiene would offer all the advantages of routine circumcision without the attendant surgical risk. Therefore, circumcision of the male neonate cannot be considered an essential component of adequate total health care.

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