Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine: Difference between revisions

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}}</ref> Boys are unable to grant consent due their immaturity. Parental surrrogates must protect the interest of the child patient. They are limited to granting [[surrogate consent]] for diagnosis and treatment of disease.  There is no person who is empowered to grant consent for non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] of a minor.<ref name="hill2002">{{REFjournal
}}</ref> Boys are unable to grant consent due to their immaturity. Parental surrrogates must protect the interest and rights of the child patient. They are limited to granting [[surrogate consent]] for diagnosis and treatment of disease.  There is no person who is empowered to grant consent for non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of the [[foreskin]] of a minor.<ref name="hill2002">{{REFjournal
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