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The [https://osteopathic.org/ American Osteopathic Association] (AOA) is the [[medical trade association]] for osteopathic doctors. The AOA has not enunciated a position regarding male circumcision, however the AOA has adopted four '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' that may be applied to male circumcision.
The [https://osteopathic.org/ American Osteopathic Association] (AOA) is the [[medical trade association]] for osteopathic doctors. The AOA has not enunciated a position regarding male circumcision, however the AOA has adopted four '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' that may be applied to male circumcision.
==Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine==
==Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine==
===1. The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind and spirit.===
===2. The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing and health maintenance.===
===3. Structure and function are reciprocally interrelated.===
===4. Rational treatment is based upon an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self-regulation and the interrelationship of structure and function.===


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