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Dr. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{BSc}}, {{MBBS}}, {{FRACGP}}, is a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]], general practitioner, and Jewish ''[[mohel]]'' who practises medicine in Melbourne, {{AUSC|VIC}}, [[Australia]]. Dr. Goldman claims to have ritually circumcised more than 5,000 boys since he qualified as a ''mohel'' in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{REFnews
Dr. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', {{BSc}}, {{MBBS}}, {{FRACGP}}, is a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]], general practitioner, and Jewish ''[[mohel]]'' who practises medicine in Melbourne, {{AUSC|VIC}}, [[Australia]]. Dr. Goldman claims to have [[Brit Milah| ritually circumcised]] more than 5,000 boys since he qualified as a ''mohel'' in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{REFnews
  |title=Why this GP trained to become a ritual circumciser
  |title=Why this GP trained to become a ritual circumciser
  |url=https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/why-gp-trained-become-ritual-circumciser/
  |url=https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/why-gp-trained-become-ritual-circumciser/
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[https://www.amawa.com.au/news/mark-duncan-smith-elected-as-new-president-of-ama-wa/ Dr Mark Duncan-Smith], the president of the AMA (WA), issued a warning to parents on 10 December 2021 regarding non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]]. Dr. Duncan-Smith said parents should only "follow through with the procedure if there is a valid medical reason." According to Dr Duncan-Smith only about ten percent of boys in Western Australia are now being [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
[https://www.amawa.com.au/news/mark-duncan-smith-elected-as-new-president-of-ama-wa/ Dr Mark Duncan-Smith], the president of the AMA (WA), issued a warning to parents on 10 December 2021 regarding non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]]. Dr. Duncan-Smith said parents should only "follow through with the procedure if there is a valid medical reason." According to Dr Duncan-Smith, only about ten percent of boys in Western Australia are now being [[circumcised]].<ref>{{REFnews
  |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
  |url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10293843/Circumcision-warning-two-year-old-dies-brother-bleeds-Western-Australia.html
  |title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out
  |title=Parents are warned against circumcising their children after a toddler, 2, died 'of a reaction to anaesthetic' and his baby brother almost bled out
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  |accessdate=2024-05-25
  |accessdate=2024-05-25
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== Potential civil and criminal liability ==
== Potential civil and criminal liability ==
It is not clear what additional civil and/or criminal penalties Dr. Goldman may face.
It is not clear what additional civil and/or criminal penalties Dr. Goldman may face.
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* [[David Reimer]]
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* [[Jean-Marie Huot]]
* [[Jean-Marie Huot]]
* [[Northside Hospital]]
* [[Shane Peterson]]
* [[Shane Peterson]]
* [[Australia]]
* [[Australia]]