[Circumcision for boys incapable of giving informed consent]. / Zirkumzision bei nicht einwilligungsfähigen Jungen.

ABSTRACT

The discussion on circumcision for children, as a ritual as well as a medically indicated intervention, is still being carried out as in the past in a very emotional and not always rational manner. The attempt to criminalize circumcision, even the surgical treatment of phimosis, causes confusion not only for the parents of these children but also for physicians and in particular pediatricians and general practitioners.