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The standard of care now requires analgesia if elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is to be carried out.  
The standard of care now requires analgesia if elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is to be carried out.  


<b>None of the three procedures described above totally eliminate pain. A boy will still experience some pain with any of those procedures. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Non-circumcised intact boys feel no pain or trauma.</b>
<b>None of the three procedures described above totally eliminate pain. A boy will still experience some pain with any of those procedures. Prevention of pain requires protecting a boy from elective neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision. Only boys who are protected from circumcision surgery feel no pain or trauma.</b>


==Attitudes and practices regarding analgesia for newborn circumcision==
==Attitudes and practices regarding analgesia for newborn circumcision==