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Flesh and Blood : Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society /

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This book illuminates the vulnerability of human society to medical, economic, and historical pressures. It provides a much needed thoughtful and detailed analysis of the impact of circumcision on human rights and the development of the concept of bodily integrity. In this last sense, the challenge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denniston, George C.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hodges, Frederick Mansfield, Milos, Marilyn Fayre
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Ethics.
Surgery.
Regional planning.
Social sciences.
Anthropology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Bodily Integrity in the Biotech Era
  • An Analysis of the Accuracy of the Presentation of the Human Penis in Anatomical Source Materials
  • The Importance of the Foreskin to Male Sexual Reflexes
  • Circumcision and Sexual Pleasure
  • Conservative Treatment of Primary Preputial Stenosis in Adolescents
  • Penile Torts in the Courts
  • The Activist's Rights in the Workplace
  • Educating the United Nations about Circumcision
  • Circumcision of Boys
  • Anthropology and Female Genital Cutting (FGC)
  • Changes in Infibulation Practice in East Africa
  • "Something Less Than Joyful"
  • The Growing Jewish Circumcision Debate
  • My Painful Journey
  • North Carolina Medicaid and the Funding of Routine Non-Therapeutic Circumcisions
  • Adoption
  • George Wald
  • Appendix
  • Contributors
  • Index.