Circumcision – Medical and Ethical Opposition

Speaking to expectant parents about circumcision is challenging. How can health care providers ensure they are providing current, evidence-based information which takes into account their professional ethical responsibilities?

Join Dr. Christopher Guest, MD, FRCPC, for an in-depth exploration of:

• the historical origins of circumcision
• worldwide trends in circumcision
• the sexual and physiologic function of the foreskin
• evolutionary perspectives on the foreskin
• medicalization of circumcision during the Victorian era
• examination of the medical claims in support of circumcision
• circumcision and HIV transmission
• circumcision and medical ethics
• circumcision and human rights