MS>     If routine circumcision _is_ "malpractice", just what are the
MS> _damages_?       There are no lost wages.  The plaintiff has not
MS> (himself) sustained any medical costs unless the operation goes
MS> badly.  
   Does malpractice require a financial loss? I thought only applied to 
'preventable errors'?  Neither of which apply to circumcision unless, as you 
say, the knife slips...
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