Overview

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 posed by the contemporary cultural disregard for the individual's right to control his own body and sexual destiny serves as a vivid example of how medicine has played a decisive role in shaping and defining cultural attitudes towards male sexuality and the male body.

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Author:   George C. Denniston ,  Frederick Mansfield Hodges ,  Marilyn Fayre Milos
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.060kg
ISBN:  

9781441934468

ISBN 10:   1441934464
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   03 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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.- Contributors.

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