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The physicians are primarily those who practice in the areas of general practice, obstetrics, pediatrics, or urology.
The physicians are primarily those who practice in the areas of general practice, obstetrics, pediatrics, or urology.
== Medical journals ==
== Medical journals ==
Medical journals are mostly those journals which focus on obstetrics, pediatrics, family practice, or urology and publish biased articles to promote the practice and to secure third-party insurance coverage of the medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgery.
Medical journals are mostly those journals which focus on obstetrics, pediatrics, family practice, or urology and publish biased articles to promote the practice<ref name="fleiss1999">{{REFbook
|last=Fleiss
|first=Paul M.
|init=PM
|author-link=Paul M. Fleiss
|year=1999
|title=An Analysis of Bias Regarding Circumcision in American Medical Literature
|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ljZZ9ZvD_kQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA379&ots=GA2KpzMECk&sig=jFqDYQhV0sqAWil6LDZWXnQdJO8#v=onepage&q&f=false
|work=Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice
|editor=Denniston, George C., Hodges, Frederick Mansfield, Milos, Marilyn
|edition=
|volume=
|chapter=
|pages=379-401
|location=New York
|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
|isbn=0-306-46131-5
|quote=
|accessdate=2023-11-12
|note=
}}</ref> and to secure third-party insurance coverage of the medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgery.
 
==Profits==
==Profits==
The profits are amazingly large. Bollinger (2012) estimated annual intake from the performance of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision to be $$3,647,000,000.<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb
The profits are amazingly large. Bollinger (2012) estimated annual intake from the performance of medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision to be $$3,647,000,000.<ref name="bollinger2012">{{REFweb