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ArticleWorld journal of clinical pediatrics2023

Comments by opponents on the British Medical Association's guidance on non-therapeutic male circumcision of children seem one-sided and may undermine public health.

Stephen Moreton, Guy Cox, Mark Sheldon, Stefan A Bailis, Jeffrey D Klausner, Brian J Morris

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Article in World journal of clinical pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Stephen MoretonCircFacts, Warrington WA5 1HY, Cheshire, United Kingdom.
Guy CoxAustralian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis and School of Aeronautical, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, New South Wales, Australia.
Mark SheldonMedical Humanities and Bioethics Program, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60661, United States.
Stefan A BailisCornerstone Therapy & Recovery Center, St. Paul, MN 55101, United States.
Jeffrey D KlausnerDepartment of Medicine, Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States.
Brian J MorrisSchool of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, New South Wales, Australia. brian.morris@sydney.edu.au.

Funding

Productive and Leisure Activities and Cognition in Later LifeP20GM125526 · NIGMS · KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER · PI LEE, YEONJUNG · 2019 to 2023
$12.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM125526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The British Medical Association (BMA) guidance on non-therapeutic circumcision (NTMC) of male children is limited to ethical, legal and religious issues. Here we evaluate criticisms of the BMA's guidance by Lempert

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ChildCircumcision, MaleInfectionsPolicyPublic healthRisk

Identifiers

PMID38178933
PMCPMC10762604

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