22,335
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
wikify amputation
}}</ref>
Sir Frederick Treves (1853 – 1923), a prominent Harley Street surgeon, who is known to us by ''The Elephant Man'' film, wrote an operative manual in 1903 to educate other surgeons in the performance of the circumcision [[amputation]].<ref name="treves1902>{{REFbook
|last=Treves
|first=Frederick
The incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys in the United Kingdom has been substantially reduced from its former peaks in the 1930s and early 1940s. Non-therapeutic circumcision of boys remains lawful provided that both parents grant consent. The practice seems to be concentrated among ethnic minorities. Ethical and [[human rights]] concerns about the surgery persist.
Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] usually is not covered by the NHS, so parents must find a private medical or non-medical operator such as a [[mohel]] to perform the [[foreskin]] [[amputation ]] and must pay the fee out of pocket as [[third-party payment]] is not available. Given the recent legal cautions uttered by the BMA,<ref name="bma2019" /> it may not be easy to find a medical practitioner willing to accept the risk.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Genital Autonomy]]