Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision: Difference between revisions
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Boys are born with a healthy [[foreskin]] that is free of disease. There are no medical indications for a neonatal [[circumcision]]. The [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]] and other promoters have put forward various alleged benefits from neonatal circumcision for decades to develop business for their physican-members. | Boys are born with a healthy [[foreskin]] that is free of disease. There are no medical indications for a neonatal [[circumcision]]. The [[medical trade association| medical trade associations]] and other promoters have put forward various alleged benefits from neonatal circumcision for decades to develop business for their physican-members. | ||
The validity of surrogate consent for non-therapeutic circumcision of boys has been questioned for decades.<ref name="hill2003">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Hill | |||
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|author-link=George Hill | |||
|title=Can anyone authorize the nontherapeutic permanent alteration of a child's body? | |||
|journal=The American Journal of Bioethics | |||
|date=2003 | |||
|volume=3 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=16-8 | |||
|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/44133 | |||
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|pubmedID=14635628 | |||
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|DOI=10.1162/152651603766436342 | |||
|accessdate=2023-05-27 | |||
}} | |||
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* [[Brian D. Earp]] | * [[Brian D. Earp]] | ||
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|DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1022.x | |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1022.x | ||
|pubmedID=10349411 | |pubmedID=10349411 | ||
}} | |accessdate=2023-05-27 | ||
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