CIRCUMCISION OF MALE INFANTS RESEARCH PAPER,
Queensland Law Reform Commission, Brisbane.
December 1993.

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10.   POSSIBLE REFORMS

      It may be reasonable to require, either by law or by a
      professional Code of Practice, medical practitioners to inform
      parents of all arguments for and against circumcision before,
      and possibly at least a number of days before, undertaking the
      procedure.  A statutory consent form containing information on
      arguments for and against circumcision could be drafted.  The
      form should be regularly updated with new information.

      It might be reasonable to require that all circumcisions be
      performed by medical practitioners or other experienced and
      skilled people in circumstances which reduce to a minimum any
      adverse consequences.136

   Notes:

    136  For example, access to appropriate resuscitation equipment;
         knowledge of dangers to local anaesthetics, etc.

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Cite as:

Circumcision of Male Infants Research Paper. Queensland Law
Reform Commission. Brisbane 1993.


(File prepared 11 June 1998, Revised 15 January 1999)