CDC's Male Circumcision Recommendations Represent a Key Public Health Measure

Frisch and Earp, opponents of male circumcision, have criticized draft recommendations from the CDC that advocate counseling men and parents of newborn boys in the United States about the benefits and risks of male circumcision. We provide a rebuttal to Frisch and Earp's criticisms and contend...

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Autores principales: Morris, Brian J, Krieger, John N, Klausner, Jeffrey D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2017
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28351877
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00390
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description Frisch and Earp, opponents of male circumcision, have criticized draft recommendations from the CDC that advocate counseling men and parents of newborn boys in the United States about the benefits and risks of male circumcision. We provide a rebuttal to Frisch and Earp's criticisms and contend that the recommendations are entirely appropriate and merit consideration for policy development.
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spelling pubmed-54782242017-06-30 CDC's Male Circumcision Recommendations Represent a Key Public Health Measure Morris, Brian J Krieger, John N Klausner, Jeffrey D Glob Health Sci Pract Commentary Frisch and Earp, opponents of male circumcision, have criticized draft recommendations from the CDC that advocate counseling men and parents of newborn boys in the United States about the benefits and risks of male circumcision. We provide a rebuttal to Frisch and Earp's criticisms and contend that the recommendations are entirely appropriate and merit consideration for policy development. Global Health: Science and Practice 2017-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5478224/ /pubmed/28351877 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00390 Text en © Morris et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00390
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