title: Can anyone authorize the nontherapeutic permanent alteration of a child's body?
authors.affiliation: Doctors Opposing Circumcision.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D033282:Parental Consent / Q000941:ethics; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics; D018570:Risk Assessment