| View Larger Image | Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice | Hardcoverby Frederick Mansfield Hodges (Author), Marilyn Fayre Milos (Author), George C. Denniston (Author)
| List Price: | $255.00 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Springer | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 544 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 01, 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 3,016,564rd |
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Product Description
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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 2 reviews)
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Ideology overwhelms scholarship and fairness  1 Stars
January 04, 2000
It's clear by now that there's no real medical basis for neonatal circumcision. One would hope in a book of this bulk (and price) to gain sharper insight into where the practice came from and why it has been so tenacious. Unfortunately the authors' interests as crusaders against mutilation turn this into a very large tract.
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"Long Overdue"  5 Stars
October 23, 1999
"The definitive work on the subject has just been published, and its a long, long time overdue. The first couple of sentences says it all. I couldn't have summed it up better myself. 'In those countries where circumcision is an accepted part of life, perfectly rational, intelligent and well-meaning adults believe that they have the right to cut off parts of their childrens' sexual organs!' What else do you think you have the right to cut off your child?" Dr Dean Edell, The Dean Edell Show, KGO, San Francisco
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