Child circumcision: Difference between revisions
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===Financial reasons=== | ===Financial reasons=== | ||
In the United States, payment for non-therapeutic circumcision is made by most third-party payers without question. Doctors frequently perform medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision of infants and children simply to collect a fee for the surgical operation. The only beneficiary of such surgery is the [[Financial Incentive| bank account of the medical doctor]]. | In the United States, payment for non-therapeutic circumcision is made by most [[third party payment| third-party payers]] without question. Doctors frequently perform medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision of infants and children simply to collect a fee for the surgical operation. The only beneficiary of such surgery is the [[Financial Incentive| bank account of the medical doctor]]. | ||
=== Moral reasons === | === Moral reasons === | ||