tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post9031787306610403137..comments2024-01-17T13:16:10.378-08:00Comments on Joseph4GI: When Someone Says It's Not the Money...Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-43626883705277566942019-09-23T01:55:37.448-07:002019-09-23T01:55:37.448-07:00Hi Joseph, I have been following, with fascination...Hi Joseph, I have been following, with fascination, the raging American debate over IC since 2015. First I want to express my great admiration for Brother K and all other defenders of the rights of the Child. However it is hard to determine if they are succesful or not since there are no new statistics available. The latest are from 2010. My impression is that intactivists are fighting an uphill battle against a very strong Medical establishment that considers it under their dignity to take part in the debate. It is telling that in the State of Michigan where Robert Van Howe have worked for many years still have 80% of newborn boys cut. That proves that parents and his doctor colleagues remain totally unimpressed by his work to defend newborn boys. <br />My impression is that American hospitals are greatly overstaffed, how come that busy gynecologists and obstericians have time to solicitate and persuade parents into unnessecary surgery and find time to perform the surgery? Aren´t they supposed to take care of women who are giving birth?<br />In today´s medicine the trend is to avoid invasive procedures as much as possible f.e. the tratment of coronary diseases where open surgery now mostly is replaced by balloon dilatation, not to mention the treatment of gastric ulcers. <br />It is well known, and stated on various hospital´s homepages, even Mayo Clinic, that the so called benefits of IC can also be achieved without surgery and that forms the riddle, why are American doctors and medical staff promoting invasive procedures when the same result can be obtained whithout high-risk surgery? Per Lindstrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093914814687855562noreply@blogger.com