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→Issues with care of intact males
The inquiries usually seek to validate information provided to the patient by the urologist. Patients with a narrow foreskin may be told that [[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.
Reports suggest that some urologists tend to omit information on the nature and function of the [[foreskin]] from discussions with [[intact]] patients.
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.