Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The case against circumcision

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 4; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.06.005

1873-4804

George J. Hill,

Urological Disorders and Treatments

In 2004 57% of boys born in the United States received a medically-unnecessary non-therapeutic circumcision at great cost before leaving the maternity hospital although there are no medical indications for this amputative operation. Alleged advantages rest on claimed but unproved prophylactic prevention of disease later in life. Complications and risks however are clear and immediate. Such circumcisions are not good medical practice and are injurious to the infant. Because the US is the greatest offender this paper will focus on circumcision as practiced in the US and will explore the multitude of reasons why circumcision should not be performed and why false claims of benefits are made. (excerpt)