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Male and Female Circumcision

Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. George C. Denniston

    1. University of Washington, Seanle

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  2. Frederick Mansfield Hodges

    1. Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

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  3. Marilyn Fayre Milos

    1. National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, San Anselmo

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Keynote Address

    1. Evolutionary Cultural Ethics and the Circumcision of Children

      • Nahid F. Toubia
      Pages 1-7

  3. The Anatomy, Physiology, and Histology of the Human Prepuce

    1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Prepuce

      • Steve Scott
      Pages 9-18

    2. Anatomy and Histology of the Penile and Clitoral Prepuce in Primates

      • Christopher J. Cold, Kenneth A. McGrath
      Pages 19-29

    3. The Significance and Function of Preputial Langerhans Cells

      • George L. Williams
      Pages 31-36

  4. Current Research on Circumcision and Phimosis

    1. The History of Phimosis from Antiquity to the Present

      • Frederick Mansfield Hodges
      Pages 37-62

    2. Diagnosis and Treatment of Phimosis

      • Steve C. Donnell
      Pages 63-65

    3. Anaesthesia for Circumcision

      • Robert S. Van Howe
      Pages 67-97

    4. Neonatal Circumcision and HIV Infection

      • Robert S. Van Howe
      Pages 99-129

  5. Genital Mutilation: Religious and Cultural Considerations

    1. Muslims’ Genitalia in the Hands of the Clergy

      • Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Salieh
      Pages 131-171

    2. Evangelical Christianity in America and its Relationship to Infant Male Circumcision

      • Jim D. Bigelow
      Pages 173-177

    3. A Jewish Perspective on Circumcision

      • Jenny Goodman
      Pages 179-182

    4. Circumcision

      • Godfrey B. Tangwa
      Pages 183-193

    5. Unifying Language

      • Jeannine Parvati Baker
      Pages 195-200

  6. Psychological Aspects of Genital Mutilation

    1. Motivations for Modifications of the Human Body

      • Gérard Zwang
      Pages 201-207

    2. Psychoanalysis of Circumcision

      • Moisés Tractenberg
      Pages 209-214

    3. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Genital Medical Procedures

      • Janet Menage
      Pages 215-219

    4. Tyranny of the Victims

      • George C. Denniston
      Pages 221-240

    5. Epidemiological, Medical, Legal, and Psychological Aspects of Mutilation/at-Risk Girls in Italy

      • P. Grassivaro Gallo, L. Araldi, F. Viviani, R. Gaddini
      Pages 241-257

    6. Circumcision in America in 1998

      • Christopher R. Fletcher
      Pages 259-271
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About this book

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.

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`...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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Washington, Seanle

    George C. Denniston

  • Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

    Frederick Mansfield Hodges

  • National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, San Anselmo

    Marilyn Fayre Milos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Male and Female Circumcision

  • Book Subtitle: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice

  • Editors: George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b102182

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46131-6Published: 31 August 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-8179-3Published: 20 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-585-39937-9Published: 27 August 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 547

  • Topics: Pediatrics, Ethics, Religious Studies, general, Regional and Cultural Studies, Public International Law

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