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* A treatment decision should be guided by the best interests of the child, and must balance the potential benefit over the potential harm or risk.<ref> {{REFjournal
→Informed consent for non-therapeutic circumcision of minor boys
==Informed consent for non-therapeutic circumcision of minor boys==
|last=Bioethics Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society
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}}</ref> A circumcision of a boy may be therapeutic or non-therapeutic. Therapeutic circumcision may be justified in rare cases when the foreskin is deformed, diseased, or damaged by irreparable trauma and the apparent benefit to the patient exceeds the risks and harms. However, the vast and overwhelming majority of circumcisions of children are performed to excise healthy, functional tissue from the body of a child who is too immature to grant consent. The Bioethics Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics considered the power granted to parents to grant surrogate consent for diagnosis and treatment of a child. When a child is ill, it is the practice to allow a parent to grant consent for diagnostic tests and appropriate treatment.
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