JC> -> JC> You will find that doctors in the USA will
JC> -> JC> starting getting sued more often, espically
JC> -> JC> if they continue to do procedures that
JC> -> JC> are not necessary on people who do not
JC> -> JC> concent to the surgery.
JC> ->
JC> -> Doing procedures of any kind on a patient without informed consent
JC> -> invites successful lawsuits, since negligence is not needed for 
JC> the
JC> -> patient to recover if anything goes wrong (as otherwise would be)!
JC> ->
JC> How do you feel about routine infant circumcisions?
    You do have informed consent for them, since _parents_ of infants can 
legally give informed consent.
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