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Reports The nature and function of the [[foreskin]] (prepuce) and its essential role in normal sexual intercourse has been known for many years,<ref name="cold1999">{{REFjournal |last=Cold |first= |init=CJ |author-link=Christopher J. Cold |last2=Taylor |first2= |init2=JR |author2-link=John R. Taylor |etal=no |title=The prepuce |trans-title= |language= |journal=BJU Int |location= |date=1999-01 |volume=83 Suppl 1 |issue= |article= |page= |pages=34-44 |url=http://artemide.bioeng.washington.edu/InformationIsPower/cold-taylor-prepuce_bju_1999_83_34-44.pdf |archived= |quote=The prepuce is primary, erogenous tissue necessary for normal sexual function. |pubmedID=10349413 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1034.x |accessdate=2023-04-13}}</ref> yet reports suggest that some urologists tend to omit information on the nature and function of the [[foreskin]] from discussions with [[intact]] patients.
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The inquiries usually seek to validate information provided to the patient by the urologist. Patients with a narrow foreskin may be told that well proven [[stretching]] to generate [[tissue expansion]] won't work, so they will have to receive a [[Adolescent and adult circumcision|circumcision]] to treat non-retractile foreskin.
The complaints usually are about efforts by the urologist to get a healthy patient to grant consent for a circumcision. It appears that some urologists try to enhance the revenue from their practice by doing more circumcisions, regardless of the [[trauma]], loss of [http://www.intactaus.org/information/functionsoftheforeskin/ function], and lifelong harm to the patient.