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The word “therapeutic” has been well described in Marion’s case, in the Australian Supreme Court: A treatment is therapeutic when it is administered for the chief purpose of preventing, removing or ameliorating a cosmetic deformity, a pathological condition or a psychological disorder, provided that the treatment is appropriate for and proportionate to the purpose for which it is administered.
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Price, C. (1999). Male Non-Therapeutic Circumcision. In: Denniston, G.C., Hodges, F.M., Milos, M.F. (eds) Male and Female Circumcision. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-39937-9_37
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