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Giulia Picozzi, Davide Beccani, F. Innocenti, Florio Innocenti, Maddalena Grazzini, Michela Grazzini, Mario Mascalchi
Thorax · 2007 · vol. 62(8) , pp. 744 · doi:10.1136/thx.2006.071415 · PMID:17687105 · W2077059072
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This paper examines conflicting views on child autonomy concerning neonatal circumcision, arguing for idealism regarding child interests and realism for public health justifications.

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Routine neonatal circumcision—the non-therapeutic circumcision of infant males—has generated considerable ethical controversy. In this article, I suggest that much of the disagreement results from conflicting ideas about the autonomy of the child. I examine two questions about autonomy. First, I ask whether we should be realists or idealists about the future autonomous choices of the child—that is, whether we should account for the fact that the child may not make the best choices in future, or whether we should assume that his future choices will reflect his best interests. Second, I ask whether the child has a right to autonomy with respect to circumcision, an interest in autonomy or neither—that is, whether respect for autonomy overrides considerations of interests, whether it counts as one interest among many or whether it counts for nothing. In response to the first question, I argue that we should be idealists when evaluating the child9s own interests, but realists when evaluating public health justifications for circumcision. In response to the second question, I argue that the child has an interest in deciding whether or not to be circumcised, insofar as the decision is more likely to reflect his actual interests and his own values. Finally, I show how these findings may help to resolve some particular disputes over the ethics of infant male circumcision.

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mesh:D004412mesh:D004715endometriosis

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Dysmenorrhea Endometriosis Pleural Diseases Adult Dysmenorrhea Endometriosis Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pleural Diseases Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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