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Patient autonomy is | Patient autonomy is the first principle of medical ethics.<ref>{{REFbook | ||
|last=Beauchamp | |last=Beauchamp | ||
|first=Tom L. | |first=Tom L. | ||
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|publisher=New York: {{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press | |publisher=New York: {{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press | ||
|date=2001 | |date=2001 | ||
}}</ref> Consent for a non-therapeutic operation offends the principle of autonomy, when granted by a surrogate. | }}</ref> Consent for a non-therapeutic operation offends the principle of autonomy, when granted by a surrogate.<ref name="myers2020">{{REFjournal | ||
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|author-link=Alex Myers | |||
|last2=Earp | |||
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|author2-link=Brian D. Earp | |||
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|title=What is the best age to circumcise? A medical and ethical analysis | |||
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|journal= Bioethics | |||
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|date=2020 | |||
|volume=34 | |||
|issue=7 | |||
|pages=645-63 | |||
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Earp-2/publication/337720859_What_Is_the_Best_Age_to_Circumcise_A_Medical_and_Ethical_Analysis/links/5f815f61a6fdccfd7b555395/What-Is-the-Best-Age-to-Circumcise-A-Medical-and-Ethical-Analysis.pdf | |||
|quote=Based on a careful consideration of the relevant evidence, arguments and counterarguments, we conclude that medically unnecessary penile circumcision-like other medically unnecessary genital procedures, such as 'cosmetic' labiaplasty-should not be performed on individuals who are too young (or otherwise unable) to provide meaningful consent to the procedure. | |||
|pubmedID=32068898 | |||
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|doi=10.1111/bioe.12714 | |||
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|accessdate=2025-06-28 | |||
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Since children, and especially infants, are legally incompetent to grant [[informed consent]] for medical or surgical treatment, that consent must be granted by a surrogate — someone designated to act on behalf of the child-patient, if treatment is to occur.<ref name="conundrum">{{REFjournal | Since children, and especially infants, are legally incompetent to grant [[informed consent]] for medical or surgical treatment, that consent must be granted by a surrogate — someone designated to act on behalf of the child-patient, if treatment is to occur.<ref name="conundrum">{{REFjournal | ||