Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions
Abstract Background In 2017 Ploug and Holm argued that anonymizing individuals in the Danish circumcision registry was insufficient to protect these individuals from what they regard as the potential harms of being in the registry (overreaching social pressure, stigmatization, medicalization of a re...
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author | Robert S. Van Howe Morten Frisch Peter W. Adler J. Steven Svoboda |
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description | Abstract Background In 2017 Ploug and Holm argued that anonymizing individuals in the Danish circumcision registry was insufficient to protect these individuals from what they regard as the potential harms of being in the registry (overreaching social pressure, stigmatization, medicalization of a religious practice, discrimination and promoting polarized research). Discussion We argue that Ploug and Holm’s fears in each of the areas are misguided, not supported by the evidence, and could interfere with the gathering of accurate data. The extent of the risks and harms associated with ritual circumcision is not well known. The anonymized personal health data supplemented with the circumcision registry will enable more precise research into the medical consequences of ritual circumcision, and allow parents to make more fully informed decisions about circumcision with minimal, if any, adverse consequences. |
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spelling | doaj.art-198ad2f9d7d641d187b66219beb3493a2022-12-21T19:25:42ZengBMCBMC Medical Ethics1472-69392019-01-012011710.1186/s12910-018-0337-7Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisionsRobert S. Van Howe0Morten Frisch1Peter W. Adler2J. Steven Svoboda3Department of Paediatrics, Central Michigan University CollegeDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Center for Sexology Research, Aalborg UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts (Lowell)Attorneys for the Rights of the ChildAbstract Background In 2017 Ploug and Holm argued that anonymizing individuals in the Danish circumcision registry was insufficient to protect these individuals from what they regard as the potential harms of being in the registry (overreaching social pressure, stigmatization, medicalization of a religious practice, discrimination and promoting polarized research). Discussion We argue that Ploug and Holm’s fears in each of the areas are misguided, not supported by the evidence, and could interfere with the gathering of accurate data. The extent of the risks and harms associated with ritual circumcision is not well known. The anonymized personal health data supplemented with the circumcision registry will enable more precise research into the medical consequences of ritual circumcision, and allow parents to make more fully informed decisions about circumcision with minimal, if any, adverse consequences.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0337-7 |
spellingShingle | Robert S. Van Howe Morten Frisch Peter W. Adler J. Steven Svoboda Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions BMC Medical Ethics |
title | Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions |
title_full | Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions |
title_fullStr | Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions |
title_full_unstemmed | Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions |
title_short | Circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions |
title_sort | circumcision registry promotes precise research and fosters informed parental decisions |
url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0337-7 |
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