Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice / Edition 1

by George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos

Overview

Every year around the world 13.3 million boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off. Doctors, parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that these mutilations are beneficial, necessary and harmless. International respected experts in the fields of medicine, science, politics, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history and religion present the latest research, documentation and analysis of this world-wide problem, focusing on the ethical, political and legal aspects of sexual mutilation; the cost and burden to healthcare systems; the latest medical research; anatomical and function consequences; religious and cultural aspects; psychological aspects; and the world-wide campaign to end sexual mutilation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306461316
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	08/31/1999
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	547
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Denniston, George C. (Univ of Washington); Hodges, Frederick Mansfield (Univ of Oxford); Milos, Marilyn Fayre

Table of Contents

Preface. I. Keynote Address. II. The Anatomy, Physiology and Histology of the Human Prepuce. III. Current Research on Circumcision and Phimosis. IV. Genital Mutilation: Religious and Cultural Considerations. V. Psychological Aspects of Genital Mutilation. VI. Foreskin Restoration: Historical and Contemporary Considerations. VII. The World-Wide Campaign to End Genital Mutilation. VIII. Current Problems in Medical Publication. IX. Legal and Ethical Considerations of Genital Mutilation. Appendix 1: Declaration of Genital Integrity. Appendix 2: Circumcision Information, Misinformation, Disinformation; E. Wallerstein. Appendix 3: Resources. Index.

Editorial Reviews

A host of international scientists and activists present their research and analysis of the world-wide issue of child circumcision from medical, ethical, and legal points of view. The authors are all particularly concerned, not strictly with the physical ramifications of circumcision, but with the human rights violations they see in the removal of healthy tissue from a person unable to give consent for these actions. Articles include discussions of the physiology of the genital tissue, religious and cultural considerations, psychological ramifications, and legal and ethical issues. Several articles deal with the process of foreskin restoration of circumcised males, and another section details the work of the campaign to end genital mutilation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

‘...altogether they present an excellent overview of the current debate on circumcision, especially for those who are not so familiar with the complexity of the scientific, legal, ethical and political aspects of circumcision.'
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 4:1 (2001)

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