Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Responding to Brian Morris

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Reply to Morris et al. re: ‘The medical evidence on non-therapeutic circumcision of infants and boys—setting the record straight’

“…Despite our efforts to provide a reasoned and balanced assessment of current evidence [2], they continue to rely heavily on self-cited and previously discredited studies, and repeatedly make inaccurate assessments of the quality of available evidence, based on entrenched and partisan opinion. Morris et al refer to evidence of 'numerous critiques' by citing Morris's own review paper which, as has been noted by others [3], includes over 70 citations of self-authored articles, made up significantly of 'critical comments' such as the one we respond to here.…”