Ethics of non-therapeutic child circumcision: Difference between revisions

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The Committee on Bioethics of the AAP (1995) states that parents may only grant surrogate informed permission for diagnosis and treatment with the assent of the child whenever appropriate.<ref name="bioethics"/>
The Committee on Bioethics of the AAP (1995) states that parents may only grant surrogate informed permission for diagnosis and treatment with the assent of the child whenever appropriate.<ref name="bioethics"/>


There is an unresolved question whether surrogates may grant effective consent for non-therapeutic child circumcision.<ref name="povenmire">{{REFjournal
There was an unresolved question whether surrogates may grant effective consent for non-therapeutic child circumcision.<ref name="povenmire">{{REFjournal
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  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/povenmire/
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/povenmire/
  |accessdate=2013-11-25
  |accessdate=2013-11-25
}}</ref><ref name="conundrum"/><ref name="Adler">{{REFjournal
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<ref name="conundrum"/><ref name="Adler">{{REFjournal
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  |last=Adler
  |first=Peter W.
  |first=Peter W.