Medical Views Additional Resources
The Bioethics of the Circumcision of Male Children
Readings in pediatric medical ethics and child human rights related to involuntary painful circumcision of children without informed consent by the child.
http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/
Potential for Injury from Circumcision Clamps
U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning about circumcision clamps. 29 Aug 2000
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/circumcision.html
Circumcision Policy Statements
This directory contains official policy statements of various medical organizations regarding non-therapeutic male circumcision, along with discussions of these positions.
http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/
The Prepuce, Circumcision and Disease
Hygiene and prevention of disease are among the commonest reasons cited for performing male circumcision. This directory contains references that examine the validity of these claims in detail.
http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/
Factors in the cycle of violence
by Jim Hopper PhD -- If circumcision is sexual child abuse, how does that affect the male when he grows up? The sexual abuse of boys and its lasting effects in the lives of men. How and why some abused boys become violent men.
http://www.jimhopper.com/
An Iatrogenic Epidemic
by George Denniston, M.D. - Circumcision in the United States is an epidemic caused by doctors, in other words, an iatrogenic epidemic. Iatrogenic comes from the Greek and simply means "caused by doctors." Many people think doctors use obscure w
http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/third/denniston3.html
EMLA Cream is not recommended for use prior to circumcision in pediatric patients.
FDA - February 4, 1998
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/1998/feb98.htm#emla
Circumcision and Psychological Harm
by Dr Janet Menage, MA, MB, ChB.
http://www.norm-uk.org/circumcision_psychological_effects.html
Informed Consent for Medically Necessary Circumcision
Eileen Marie Wayne, M.D. -- Definition - Erogenous function of the Foreskin - Reasons for Medically Necessary Circumcisions - Reasons for Medically Unnecessary Circumcisions - Anatomy - Procedure Description - Curable Foreskin Conditions - Risks of Circum
http://www.informedconsent.org/circumcision.html
Circumcision: Male-Effects Upon Human Sexuality
Human Sexuality: an Encyclopedia 1994
http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/milos-macris2/