- Anesthetic Cream Cuts Circumcision Pain
Health Central reprint from the New England Journal of Medicine. "A pain-relieving cream can take some of the pain out of circumcision for male infants undergoing the procedure, Canadian investigators conclude."
http://www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?ID=2662
- Children have feelings too!
Views and reviews by Anne McFadyen as published in the British Medical Journal.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7144/1616/a
- Complications Of Circumcision
by Williams and Kapila - British Journal Of Surgery (Oct 1993) Review considers the spectrum of complications which may result from circumcision, including Psychological and Sexual, and discusses the possible aetiological mechanisms
http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/williams-kapila/
- Further Fate of the Foreskin
by Jacob Oster, M.D. - British Medical Journal (1968) Recognizes the normal process of preputial separation from glans as taking up to 17 years.
http://www.cirp.org/library/general/oster/
- Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice
Pediatrics (Feb 1995) - AAP Committee on Bioethics analysis of 1) concept of informed consent; 2) ethics of informed consent; 3) concept of "proxy consent"; 4) concepts of parental permission and child assent; 5) informed consent of adolescents.
http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/AAP/
- Is Circumcision Healthy?
by Dr. Robert S. Van Howe, American Council on Science and Health - Explains adverse effects of circumcision from infancy to adulthood.
http://www.acsh.org/publications/priorities/0904/circno.html
- Memorandum of Understanding for Circumcision Procedure
St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico (31 Jan 1995) became the first hospital in the world to officially recognize R.N. Conscientious Objectors to infant circumcision.
http://www.cirp.org/nrc/Memorandum_of_Understandin.html
- Neonatal Circumcision Reconsidered
Transactional Analysis Journal - by JW Rhinehart MD (Jul 1999) - Describes the present status of neonatal circumcision in the U.S. and presents clinical findings on the long-term somatic, emotional, and psychological consequences of the procedure in adult men, which are seen as typical of complex post traumatic stress disorder.
http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/rhinehart1/
- Psychological Impact of Circumcision
by R. Goldman - BJU International (1 Jan 1999) Report concludes that there is strong evidence that circumcision is overwhelmingly painful, traumatic and produces physical and sexual loss.
http://www.cirp.org/library/psych/goldman1/
- Recent Medical Studies On Circumcision
Circumcision Results in Significant Loss of Erogenous Tissue - Circumcision Affects Sexual Behavior - Researchers Demonstrate Traumatic Effects of Circumcision - Circumcision Study Halted Due to Trauma - Circumcised Penis Requires More Care in Young Boys - Poll of Circumcised Men Reveals Harm - Psychological Effects of Circumcision Studied - Anatomy and Function of the Foreskin Documented - Male Circumcision Affects Female Sexual Enjoyment
http://www.circumcision.org/studies.htm
- The Case Against Circumcision
Article by Warren and Bigelow in the British Journal of Sexual Medicine. Reported on the importance of the foreskin in sexual relations.
http://www.cirp.org/CIRP/library/general/warren2/
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