Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements
Editors: Denniston, George C., Hodges, Frederick M., Milos, Marilyn Fayre (Eds.)
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- Corrects widely held medical misinformation
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- About this book
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This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights. Authors are international experts in their fields, and the book contains the most up-to-date information on the issue of genital cutting of infants and children from medical, legal, bioethical, and human rights perspectives.
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From the reviews:
“The volume consists of 22 chapters … . This book is intended for medical professionals, researchers, students, and other professionals in diverse fields, including anthropology, nursing, psychology, psychiatry, public health, public policy, social work, and sociology. The organization and length of the book chapters make it easy for the intended audience. … This book is a useful primer or first step to a much-needed push for health education about male circumcision.” (Sussie Eshun and Irina Khusid, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 59 (19), 2014)
- Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Tortured Bodies, Tortured Doctrines: Informed Consent as a Legal Fiction Inapplicable to Neonatal Male Circumcision
Pages 1-28
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Routine Infant Circumcision: Vital Issues that the Circumcision Proponents may be Overlooking
Pages 29-54
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The Smart Penis
Pages 55-58
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The Harm of Circumcision
Pages 59-68
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Evolution of Circumcision Methods: Not “Just a Snip”
Pages 69-83
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements
- Editors
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- George C. Denniston
- Frederick M. Hodges
- Marilyn Fayre Milos
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-6407-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-6407-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-6406-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-9275-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 337
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