AN Australian medical college has been accused of inaccuracies and thinly veiled propaganda” in its circumcision policy.Circumcision advocate Professor Brian Morris, of the University of Sydneys school of medical sciences, said the Royal Australian College of Physicians policy was not evidence based and should be retracted.The 2004 RACP statement concluded that, after a literature review, there is no evidence of benefit outweighing harm for circumcision as a routine procedure in neonates”Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Professor Morris and others claimed the statement downplayed the benefits of circumcision for the prevention of UTIs, penile and cervical cancer, genital herpes and chlamydia in women, and HIV infection. He also said the statement overstated the complication rates...
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