Informed consent: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref> This suggests that doctors are very well aware that [[circumcision]] is a non-therapeutic surgery (in short, a ritual); but they do not appear to share this knowledge with parents.
}}</ref> This suggests that doctors are very well aware that [[circumcision]] is a harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic surgery (in short, a ritual); but they do not appear to share this knowledge with parents.


A busy physician can supplement their  income by as much as $60,000 per year from circumcision surgeries alone.<ref>{{REFbook
A busy physician can supplement their  income by as much as $60,000 per year from circumcision surgeries alone.<ref>{{REFbook
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}}</ref> This [[Financial Incentive| incentive]] can cloud a physician’s judgment when it comes to providing parents with information about circumcision.
}}</ref> This [[Financial Incentive| incentive]] can cloud a physician’s judgment when it comes to providing parents with information about circumcision.


Many [[circumcised]] men, some of whom are [[Circumcised doctors|doctors]], experience a strong denial of loss which in turn fuels an emotional compulsion to repeat the [[trauma]] to normalize their loss.
Many [[circumcised]] men, some of whom are [[Circumcised doctors|doctors]], experience a strong denial of loss which in turn fuels an emotional compulsion to repeat the [[trauma]] to normalize their loss.<ref>{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
<ref>{{VanderKolkBA 1989}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal
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  |last=Goldman
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