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Svoboda, Van Howe & Dwyer (2000) discussed the ethical and legal issues of consent for non-therapeutic circumcision.<blockquote>Given the foregoing, one might wonder how parental permission forroutine circumcision could ever be effective, even if physicians complywith the requirements of informed permission. Like all surgicalprocedures, circumcision should not be subject to authorization by asurrogate for an incompetent patient unless it is medically necessary.While there is some dispute in the American medical community today asto whether routine circumcision provides any medical benefit, absolutelyno one in the medical community seriously maintains that it is medicallynecessary or that it corrects an existing injury, disease or malfunction.<refname="svoboda2000">{{REFjournal
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