Why Are We Cutting? A Survey of Cultural Views on Circumcision in the Texas Panhandle

• Main Authors: Jerrod Spense MD (Author), Janet Meller MD (Author), James Abbey MD (Author), Kayla Foster MD (Author), Cynthia Sirri MD (Author), Mubariz Naqvi MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To determine the factors that may contribute to parents' decision to circumcise their son in the Texas Panhandle region, voluntary surveys were distributed to all mothers with term male newborns during the mandatory discharge planning class. The father being circumcised ( P < .0001), Caucasi...