Genital Cutting: Protecting Children from Medical, Cultural, and Religious Infringements

Author:   George C. Denniston ,  Frederick M. Hodges ,  Marilyn Fayre Milos
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   2013 ed.
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9789400792753


Pages:   337
Publication Date:   14 July 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   George C. Denniston ,  Frederick M. Hodges ,  Marilyn Fayre Milos
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2013 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.329kg
ISBN:  

9789400792753


ISBN 10:   9400792751
Pages:   337
Publication Date:   14 July 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Preface.- Tortured Bodies, Tortured Doctrines: Informed Consent as a Legal Fiction Inapplicable to Male Circumcision.- Routine Infant Circumcision: Vital Issues Circumcision Proponents May Be Overlooking.- The Smart Penis.- The Harm of Circumcision.- Evolution of Circumcision Methods: Not ""Just a Snip"".- Penile Wounding: The Spectrum of Complications of Routine Male Circumcision as Seen in a Typical American Family Medical Practice.- Male Circumcision and the Potential for Unexplained Male Adolescent Suicide in Northern Ireland.- Healing the Harms of Circumcision: A Nursing Case Study.- Ten Years of Training: Family Medicine Residents as Conscientious Objectors to Circumcision.- Intersex Surgeries, Circumcision, and the Making of “Normal”.- Intersex Genital Autonomy: A Rights-Based Framework for Medical Intervention with Intersex Infants.- The Sar/Rohan (The Possession): A Response of Somali Women To Pharaonic Circumcision/Infibulation (PhC).- Genital Stretching Among the Venda Ethnic Group (South Africa).- Male Circumcision Among the Venda of Limpopo (South Africa).- Critique of African Circumcision and HIV RCTs, A Poster Presentation.- Randomized Controlled Trials for HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Men in Africa: Untraced Infections, Unasked Questions, and Unreported Data.- Dangerous Myths and Tragic Misconceptions: Fighting HIV and AIDS Cases in Africa with Male Circumcision Strategies.- Defying the Enlightenment: Jewish Ethnicity and Ethnic Circumcision.- Circumcision: Gender and Power.- Reclaiming Circumcision: Armenian Stories.- Self-made Intactivism in the Middle East.- Genital Autonomy: A New Approach. "

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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)


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)


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)


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