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==Recent developments== | ==Recent developments== | ||
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority ([https://www.sst.dk/da Sundhedsstyrelsen]) issued guidelines for ritual infant [non-therapeutic] male circumcision (RIMC} in 2005.<ref name="aktor2016" /> | |||
State hospitals in Denmark have not performed circumcisions since 2009, except in rare cases of medical need.<ref name="aktor2016" /> | State hospitals in Denmark have not performed circumcisions since 2009, except in rare cases of medical need.<ref name="aktor2016" /> | ||
Only medical doctors may perform surgical operations, however an assistant may perform the operation if a medical doctors is standing by.<ref name="aktor2016" /> | |||
The Danish Association of General Medicine (2014) declared: | The Danish Association of General Medicine (2014) declared: | ||