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Article: Re-examining Circumcision.(BookCorners)(Book Review)

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December 1, 2004
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Doctors Re-examine Circumcision

by Thomas J. Ritter, MD and George C. Denniston, MD

NOCIRC-PA, PO Box 103, Mountville, Pennsylvania 17554 USA; 717-285-2839

Softbound, ISBN 0-9711878-0-0, c. 2002, $11.95

Although circumcision rates in the United States are declining, it is still widely practiced. In 1996, circumcision rates varied from a high of 81% in the Midwest to a low of 35% in the West, with 64% of newborn males in the South and 67% in the Northeast being circumcised. Neither the American Academy of Pediatrics nor the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend the procedure, but rates remain high because of ...

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