PREVENTIVE NEWBORN MALE CIRCUMCISION: WHAT IS THE CHILD’S BEST INTEREST?
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| contents | PREVENTIVE NEWBORN MALE CIRCUMCISION: WHAT IS THE CHILD’S BEST INTEREST? MARIA LUISA DI PIETRO ADELE A. TELEMAN ANDREA POSCIA FERMÍN J. GONZÁLEZ-MELADO NICOLA PANOCCHIA Medicina newborn prevention Male circumcision bestinterest standard Preventive newborn male circumcision has been at the center of scientific debate for many years. Thereason for promoting preventive newborn male circumcision, is the reduction of the incidence of UTIs (inthe first six months of life), penile cancer, transmission of STDs/HIV infection/AIDS. However preventiveinterventions in the newborn involving violations of bodily integrity elicit several ethical questions. In thisarticle, we reviewed the literature regarding circumcision, the prevention of UTIs, penile cancer, transmissionof STDs/HIV infection/AIDS and complications of this practice in the neonatal period. The very limitedreduction of incidence of UTIs and the uncertain preventive role of newborn male circumcision towardspenile cancer, STDs/HIV infection and AIDS, makes it difficult to justify male circumcision in newborns.Moreover, the challenge in obtaining a unanimous opinion on newborn male circumcision derives from thefact that, as a preventive intervention, it requires evaluation criteria that are not comparable to those oftherapeutic treatments. Since preventive male circumcision determines permanent alteration of the body,some authors believe that it can be used only in subjects that are capable of giving their valid consent. Inthe case of a newborn, the “child’s best interest” should be used as a standard, but preventive newbornmale circumcision does not satisfy it. 2017 artículo científico 1132-1989 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=87553352002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=875 Cuadernos de Bioética application/pdf Asociación Española de Bioética y Ética Médica Cuadernos de Bioética (España) Num.3 Vol.XXVIII |
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| spellingShingle | PREVENTIVE NEWBORN MALE CIRCUMCISION: WHAT IS THE CHILD’S BEST INTEREST? MARIA LUISA DI PIETRO Medicina newborn prevention Male circumcision bestinterest standard PREVENTIVE NEWBORN MALE CIRCUMCISION: WHAT IS THE CHILD’S BEST INTEREST? MARIA LUISA DI PIETRO ADELE A. TELEMAN ANDREA POSCIA FERMÍN J. GONZÁLEZ-MELADO NICOLA PANOCCHIA Medicina newborn prevention Male circumcision bestinterest standard Preventive newborn male circumcision has been at the center of scientific debate for many years. Thereason for promoting preventive newborn male circumcision, is the reduction of the incidence of UTIs (inthe first six months of life), penile cancer, transmission of STDs/HIV infection/AIDS. However preventiveinterventions in the newborn involving violations of bodily integrity elicit several ethical questions. In thisarticle, we reviewed the literature regarding circumcision, the prevention of UTIs, penile cancer, transmissionof STDs/HIV infection/AIDS and complications of this practice in the neonatal period. The very limitedreduction of incidence of UTIs and the uncertain preventive role of newborn male circumcision towardspenile cancer, STDs/HIV infection and AIDS, makes it difficult to justify male circumcision in newborns.Moreover, the challenge in obtaining a unanimous opinion on newborn male circumcision derives from thefact that, as a preventive intervention, it requires evaluation criteria that are not comparable to those oftherapeutic treatments. Since preventive male circumcision determines permanent alteration of the body,some authors believe that it can be used only in subjects that are capable of giving their valid consent. Inthe case of a newborn, the “child’s best interest” should be used as a standard, but preventive newbornmale circumcision does not satisfy it. 2017 artículo científico 1132-1989 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=87553352002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=875 Cuadernos de Bioética application/pdf Asociación Española de Bioética y Ética Médica Cuadernos de Bioética (España) Num.3 Vol.XXVIII |
| title | PREVENTIVE NEWBORN MALE CIRCUMCISION: WHAT IS THE CHILD’S BEST INTEREST? |
| topic | Medicina newborn prevention Male circumcision bestinterest standard |
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