THE CIRCUMCISION REFERENCE LIBRARY


THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HEALTH LAW AND POLICY, Volume 17,
Fall 2000.

 

INFORMED CONSENT FOR NEONATAL
CIRCUMCISION: AN ETHICAL AND LEGAL
CONUNDRUM

J. Steven Svoboda
Robert S. Van Howe
James G. Dwyer*



INTRODUCTION.......................................................61
I. THE PREREQUISITES OF EFFECTIVE CONSENT TO SURGERY..................63
II. ADULTS.........................................................64
III. CHILDREN......................................................83
IV. CIRCUMCISION: A SPECIFIC APPLICATION OF THE CONSENT DOCTRINE.......93
CONCLUSION........................................................132


 


* J. Steven Svoboda, J.D. Executive Director, Attorneys for the Rights of the Child, Berkeley California, Robert S. Van Howe, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics Marshfield Clinic - Lakeland Center, Minocqua, Wisconsin. James G. Dwyer, J.D., Ph.D, Assistant Professor, William & Mary School of Law.

 


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