Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision: Difference between revisions
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> The Canadian Paediatric Society (2015) recommends that circumcisions done in the absence of a [[medical indication]] or for personal reasons "should be deferred until the individual concerned is able to make their own choices."<ref name="CPS2015">{{REFjournal | ||
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Regardless of these issues, the general practice of the medical community in the United States is to receive surrogate informed consent or permission from parents or legal guardians for non-therapeutic circumcision of children.<ref name="bma2006"/><ref name="povenmire"/> | Regardless of these issues, the general practice of the medical community in the United States is to receive surrogate informed consent or permission from parents or legal guardians for non-therapeutic circumcision of children.<ref name="bma2006"/><ref name="povenmire"/> | ||