When we told our pediatrician we wouldn't be circumcising our son, she mentioned the fact that she never liked doing circs and was actually quite relieved that her malpractice insurance no longer covered her performing them (because they were now considered in-office surgery, and she's not a surgeon.)
That got me thinking: Most peds aren't surgeons. Most OBs, while surgeons, are specialists in female anatomy, not male. Is there any merit to the idea of sending information to companies that provide malpractice insurance to most doctors who do routine circs about the potential legal pitfalls of a technically unqualified physician performing them? Is it possible to persuade these companies to drop coverage for routine circs performed by these doctors, or those performed by anything other than verifiable a medical condition?
It wouldn't solve all the issues overnight, but most doctors aren't going to be willing to pay through the nose to find malpractice insurance that covers circs, because it wouldn't be cost effective. They'll simply stop doing them. I also suspect that - although some parents will - there are plenty of parents who won't take the extra steps necessary to find a provider who will do a circ and/or seek out the necessary "diagnosis" for one.
Thoughts? I'll admit I have no idea how feasible is, but I still think it would be a huge step in the process of normalizing intactness and helping routine circumcision fall out of favor.
That got me thinking: Most peds aren't surgeons. Most OBs, while surgeons, are specialists in female anatomy, not male. Is there any merit to the idea of sending information to companies that provide malpractice insurance to most doctors who do routine circs about the potential legal pitfalls of a technically unqualified physician performing them? Is it possible to persuade these companies to drop coverage for routine circs performed by these doctors, or those performed by anything other than verifiable a medical condition?
It wouldn't solve all the issues overnight, but most doctors aren't going to be willing to pay through the nose to find malpractice insurance that covers circs, because it wouldn't be cost effective. They'll simply stop doing them. I also suspect that - although some parents will - there are plenty of parents who won't take the extra steps necessary to find a provider who will do a circ and/or seek out the necessary "diagnosis" for one.
Thoughts? I'll admit I have no idea how feasible is, but I still think it would be a huge step in the process of normalizing intactness and helping routine circumcision fall out of favor.
