The Circumcision Policy Statement, Pediatrics 130(3), 2012, is the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Circumcision's own formal policy, grounded in a stated review of the medical evidence and published in the Academy's peer reviewed journal. Its strength is the weight of the issuing body and its published evidence review. Its limit is that it is a medical body's policy statement on health outcomes, not an independent religious studies account of circumcision as ritual practice, and other national pediatric bodies have reached different conclusions from the same evidence.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Circumcision's 2012 policy statement, published in the Academy's own peer reviewed journal, the top tier reflecting the weight of the issuing body and its stated evidence review. Its limit is that it is a medical body's policy on health outcomes, not an independent religious studies account, and other national pediatric bodies have reached different conclusions from the same evidence. NotesThe American Academy of Pediatrics' own policy statement on circumcision, Pediatrics 130(3) (2012); the professional body's official policy position, not an independent religious-studies account of circumcision ritual.
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AuthorAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Circumcision
PublisherAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
Publication Year2012
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Rituals, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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