Circumcision and Human Rights [electronic resource] /
Denniston, George.editor.
Hodges, Frederick.editor.
Milos, Marilyn Fayre.editor.
Ebooks Corporation.
"There is hardly a reason to circumcise a little boy for medical reasons because those medical reasons don’t exist," said Dr. Michael Wilks, Head of Ethics at the British Medical Association, who admitted that doctors have circumcised boys for "no good reason." In the United States, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and in the Muslim world, 13.3 million infant boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off for reasons that defy logic and violate basic human rights. Doctors, parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that circumcision is beneficial, necessary, and harmless. In Circumcision and human rights, internationally respected experts in the fields of medicine, science, politics, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, and religion present the latest research on this tragedy, as a part of the worldwide campaign to end sexual mutilation. They outline steps for eradicating this abusive practice to enable males and females the dignity of living out their lives with all the body parts with which they were born.
Description based upon print version of record.
Delusional Psychologies of Circumcision and Civilization; Reconsidering 'Best Interests'; Cultural Relativism at Home and Abroad; Medical Interventions on Women's Genitals: Historical Texts and Contemporary Discourse; 1996 -2005 - Ten Years of Merka's Alternative Ritual in Somalia; The Ritual Use of Herbs for Female Genital Modifications (FGMo) in Africa; Female Genital Modifications in Malawi; Variations in Penile Anatomy and Their Contribution to Medical Mischief; The Normal, Natural Penis and the Effects of Circumcision; Conservative Management of Foreskin Conditions
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus : An Emerging Risk for Circumcised BoysFitting In and Getting Off; NORM-UK; Real Men: Foreskin Cutting and Male Identity in the Philippines1; Filipino Male Experience of Ritual Circumcision; Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia; Circumcision: If It Isn't Ethical, Can It Be Spiritual?; Garbage In, Garbage Out; A Treatise from the Trenches: Why Are Circumcision Lawsuits So Hard to Win?; Winning and Losing on the Circuit; The MGM Bill; Circumcision in European Countries; "THAT THING"; Limbic Imprint
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"There is hardly a reason to circumcise a little boy for medical reasons because those medical reasons don’t exist," said Dr. Michael Wilks, Head of Ethics at the British Medical Association, who admitted that doctors have circumcised boys for "no good reason." In the United States, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and in the Muslim world, 13.3 million infant boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off for reasons that defy logic and violate basic human rights. Doctors, parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that circumcision is beneficial, necessary, and harmless. In Circumcision and human rights, internationally respected experts in the fields of medicine, science, politics, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, and religion present the latest research on this tragedy, as a part of the worldwide campaign to end sexual mutilation. They outline steps for eradicating this abusive practice to enable males and females the dignity of living out their lives with all the body parts with which they were born.
Medicine.
Medical ethics.
Medical laws and legislation.
Biomedicine, general.
Medicine/Public Health, general.
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.
Medical Law.