This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:1203.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 70 words of the full text and any section headings.

I enjoyed the editorial of Drs Maxwell and Yaster in the May issue of the ARCHIVES.¹ When health maintenance organizations begin to tally and publicize the percentage of circumcized newborns who received anesthesia (as a measure of quality of care), then hospital administrators will require anesthesia from the physician doing the circumcisions. Finances will prove more compelling than education.

Paul R. Joseph, MD
87 Cold Spring Rd
Syosset, NY 11791

1. Maxwell LG, Yaster M. Analgesia for neonatal circumcision: no more studies, just do it. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:444-445. FREE FULL TEXT