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Of Waste and Want: A Nationwide Survey of Medicaid Funding for Medically Unnecessary, Non-Therapeutic Circumcision

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Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision

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  1. NOCIRC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Amber Craig

  2. NOCIRC of Indiana and Director, International Coalition for Genital Integrity, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    Dan Bollinger

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  1. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    George C. Denniston

  2. Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Pia Grassivaro Gallo

  3. National Organization of Circumcision, Information Resource Centers, San Anselmo, California, USA

    Marilyn Fayre Milos

  4. Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua, Italy

    Franco Viviani

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Craig, A., Bollinger, D. (2006). Of Waste and Want: A Nationwide Survey of Medicaid Funding for Medically Unnecessary, Non-Therapeutic Circumcision. In: Denniston, G.C., Gallo, P.G., Hodges, F.M., Milos, M.F., Viviani, F. (eds) Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4916-3_20

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