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Medical trade associations exist to protect and advance the financial and business interests of their fellows (members). A few medical trade associations have issued statements regarding non-therapeutic circumcision of children. Circumcision policy statements frequently exclude discussions of sexual, psychological, human rights, ethical, and legal issues.<ref name="goldman2004">{{REFjournal |last=Goldman |first=Ronald |author-link= |etal=no |title=Circumcision policy: A psychosocial perspective |trans-title= |language= |journal=Paediatrics & Child Health |location= |date=2004-11 |volume=9 |issue=9 |pages=630-3 |url=https://academic.oup.com/pch/article/9/9/630/2648566 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1093/pch/9.9.630 |accessdate=2020-08-01}}</ref> Such statements usually have an inherent conflict of interest between the best interests of the fellows' financial well-being and the well-being of male children, so they tend to be [[Bias| biased]] in favor of protection of the physicians' [[Financial Incentive| financial incentive]].