Sham peer review is a name given to the abuse of a medical peer review process to attack a doctor for personal or other non-medical reasons.

Neonatal circumcision is often elected for non-medical reasons, such as for religious beliefs or for personal preferences possibly driven by societal norms.

The trial is a test case of a 1988 law passed by Congress that outlawed distributing steroids for non-medical reasons.

Selective reduction is done for both medical and non-medical reasons.

An abortion is referred to as an elective or voluntary abortion when it is performed at the request of the woman for non-medical reasons.

The proportion of women who ask for a C-section for non-medical or psychological reasons is small.

His hand-washing suggestions were rejected by his contemporaries, often for non-medical reasons.

Elective surgeries include all optional surgeries performed for non-medical reasons, i.e., cosmetic surgery.

Since 1993, abortions for non-medical reasons have not been paid for by the public health system.

However, the choice to become vegetarian for non-medical reasons can sometimes be controversial.