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== The emerging consensus on surrogate consent for non-therapeutic newborn, infant, and child circumcision == | == The emerging consensus on surrogate consent for non-therapeutic newborn, infant, and child circumcision == | ||
The power of parents and other surrogates to grant consent is dependent upon the existence of a physical or medical condition in a minor child that requires diagnostic and/or treatment. The right to grant surrogate consent cannot exist in the absence of such a condition. | |||
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