Involuntary circumcision: the legal issues

Howe, Robert S. Van; Svoboda, J; Dwyer, Joyce; Price, Christopher P.

doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1063.x

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“…The medico-ethical standards aim to protect the bodily integrity of persons. Van Howe et al [15] stated that for circumcision to be permitted as a religious ritual, it would need to be demonstrated that the child will suffer in some way from having the decision reserved for him to make as an adult. Just 15% of our subjects were above the age of 18 when they were circumcised, and were able to clearly understand all that was going on.…”

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A Limited Study on the Perception and Change in Attitude about Circumcision among Health Care Professionals and Their Male Family Members

Verit¹,

Aksoy

Yeni³

et al. 2002

Urol Int

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Objectives: Millions of male children are circumcised throughout the world. We investigated the opinions and thoughts about the past and future aspects of circumcision by interviewing 100 male family members of the health care staff. Methods: 100 male volunteers answered a questionnaire comprising questions about their personal observations, feelings, festivities and opinions about their own circumcisions as well as their views about the circumcision phenomenon as a parent, and the legality of circumcision. Results: 81% of the volunteers in our study had been circumcised by traditional circumcisers. The rest had been circumcised by doctors (10%), barbers (7%) and sheikhs (2%). In 90% the circumcision took place at home, 7% in hospitals and in 3% in village squares. While 66% of the subjects do not remember anything, the remaining 33% reported some bad sensations like fear, pain and shame about their circumcisions, and 1 (1%) subject reported happiness. As a parent, they answered the questions on their preferences on the place and performer of the circumcision. 44% preferred to have circumcision performed in the hospital by a physician, 26% at home by a physician, and 30% at home by a circumciser. Conclusion: There are significant changes in the attitudes of people in Turkey on circumcision as a traditional culture, though its perception has remained unchanged.

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A Limited Study on the Perception and Change in Attitude about Circumcision among Health Care Professionals and Their Male Family Members

Verit¹,

Aksoy

Yeni³

et al. 2002

Urol Int

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“…163 These intangibles weigh in favor of leaving the penis alone. Also, the value of the infant to be free from intrusive unnecessary medical and surgical procedures before he has reached the age of full and legal discretion ( 164 was not considered.…”

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A Cost-Utility Analysis of Neonatal Circumcision

Howe

2004

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A cost-utility analysis, based on published data from multiple observational studies, comparing boys circumcised at birth and those not circumcised was undertaken using the Quality of Well-being Scale, a Markov analysis, the standard reference case, and a societal perspective. Neonatal circumcision increased incremental costs by $828.42 per patient and resulted in an incremental 15.30 well-years lost per 1000 males. If neonatal circumcision was cost-free, pain-free, and had no immediate complications, it was still more costly than not circumcising. Using sensitivity analysis, it was impossible to arrange a scenario that made neonatal circumcision cost-effective. Neonatal circumcision is not good health policy, and support for it as a medical procedure cannot be justified financially or medically.

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“…Even though research suggests harmful effects of circumcision (e.g., Denniston & Milos, 1977;Denniston, Hodges, & Milos, 1999;Cold & Taylor, 1999;Hammond, 1999;Van Howe et al, 1999), psychological factors may make it difficult for circumcision advocates to stop promoting the practice (Goldman, 1997(Goldman, , 1998(Goldman, , 1999. Presumably, grief for the lost sexual body part and its functions, and the resultant denial of loss is important because it may explain the circumcised "adamant father" (who unreasonably insists on the circumcision of a son in the face of contrary evidence) as well as other manifestations of the circumcised male such as the "I'm circumcised and I'm fine" syndrome (Bigelow, 1995;Ritter & Denniston, 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is also mounting anxiety about issues of legal liability (see Boyle, Svoboda, Price, & Turner, 2000;Richards, 1996;Smith, 1998;Somerville, 2000;Svoboda, Van Howe, & Dwyer, 2000;Van Howe, Svoboda, Dwyer, & Price, 1999). Moreover, Giannetti (2000) has pointed to psychosexual sequelae that appear to go well beyond those acknowledged in the recent American Academy of Pediatrics (1999) circumcision policy statement.…”

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