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Svoboda, Van Howe & Dwyer (2000) discussed the ethical and legal issues of consent for non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal
Svoboda, Van Howe & Dwyer (2000) discussed the ethical and legal issues of consent for non-therapeutic circumcision.
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Given the foregoing, one might wonder how parental permission for
routine circumcision could ever be effective, even if physicians comply
with the requirements of informed permission. Like all surgical
procedures, circumcision should not be subject to authorization by a
surrogate for an incompetent patient unless it is medically necessary.
While there is some dispute in the American medical community today as
to whether routine circumcision provides any medical benefit, absolutely
no one in the medical community seriously maintains that it is medically
necessary or that it corrects an existing injury, disease or malfunction.<ref name="svoboda2000">{{REFjournal
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