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Osteopathic medicine is practiced in parallel with allopathic medicine in the [[United States]]. | Osteopathic medicine is practiced in parallel with allopathic medicine in the [[United States]]. | ||
The [https://osteopathic.org/ American Osteopathic Association] (AOA) is the [[medical trade association]] for osteopathic doctors. The AOA has not enunciated a position regarding male circumcision, however the AOA has adopted four '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' that may be applied to both [[child circumcision]] and [[adult circumcision]]. | The [https://osteopathic.org/ American Osteopathic Association] (AOA) is the [[medical trade association]] for osteopathic doctors. The AOA has not enunciated a position regarding male circumcision, however the AOA has adopted four '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' that may be applied to both [[child circumcision]] and [[adult circumcision]]. The Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine express the underlying philosophy of osteopathic medicine and were approved by the AOA House of Delegates as policy. | ||
==Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine== | ==Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine== | ||
===1. The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind and spirit.=== | ===1. The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind and spirit.=== | ||
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The [[foreskin]] [[Development of retractable foreskin| develops throughout childhood]] usually without medical intervention. [[Forced foreskin retraction]] is harmful, inappropriate, and inconsistent with the tenets of osteopathic medicine | The [[foreskin]] [[Development of retractable foreskin| develops throughout childhood]] usually without medical intervention.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> [[Forced foreskin retraction]] is harmful, inappropriate, [[trauma| traumatic]], and inconsistent with the tenets of osteopathic medicine. | |||
===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.=== | ===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.=== | ||
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