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  2. Circumcision controversies - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of Pediatrics responded that because about half of American males are circumcised and half are not, there may be a more tolerant view concerning circumcision in the US, but that if there is any cultural bias among the AAP taskforce who wrote the Circumcision Policy statement, it is much less important than the bias Frisch ...

  3. Ethics of circumcision - Wikipedia

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    The most recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) position statement on male circumcision (enacted 2012) has attracted significant critical comment, including from the AAP itself. [citation needed] In a dissenting paper, Frisch et al. (2013) write: "Circumcision fails to meet the criteria to serve as a preventive measure for UTI ...

  4. Kimiyo Harris-Williams, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital New Orleans, emphasizes that the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that the benefits of circumcision outweigh the risks.

  5. American Academy of Pediatrics - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the largest professional association of pediatricians in the United States. [1] It is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois , and maintains an office in Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] The AAP has published hundreds of policy statements, ranging from advocacy issues to practice recommendations.

  6. Edgar Schoen - Wikipedia

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    Edgar J. Schoen (Brooklyn, NY, August 10, 1925 – August 23, 2016) [1] was an American physician who worked as a pediatric endocrinologist at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, California until 2003, and Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco until 2004.

  7. Female genital mutilation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics came under fire for advising doctors to consider offering patients the option of "a ritual nick as a possible compromise to avoid greater harm". [50] The Academy stated that although harmful genital mutilation is illegal in the United States, physicians could consider this option in countries where ...

  8. Couple Charged with Child Abuse After Botched Home ... - AOL

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    A Missouri couple has been charged with child abuse after police claim they performed a circumcision on a child at their home despite not having the medical training to do so. The probable cause ...

  9. Circumcision - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) recommends that neonatal circumcision in the United States be covered by third-party payers such as Medicaid and insurance. [17] A 2014 review that considered reported benefits of circumcision such as reduced risks from HIV, HPV, and HSV-2 stated that circumcision is cost-effective in both the United ...