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UNINA9910826062703321 |
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Titolo |
Cutting to the core : exploring the ethics of contested surgeries / / edited by David Benatar |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-7425-5001-X |
0-7425-7616-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (250 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Surgery - Moral and ethical aspects |
Medical ethics |
General Surgery - ethics |
Ethics, Medical |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Ethics of Contested Surgeries David Benatar; Part I: Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting; 1 Between Prophylaxis and Child Abuse: The Ethics of Neonatal Male Circumcision Michael Benatar and David Benatar; 2 The Ethics of Neonatal Male Circumcision: Helping Parents to Decide Leslie Cannold; 3 Genital Alteration of Female Minors Dena S. Davis; Part II: Sex Assignment and Reassignment Surgery; 4 The Ethics of Surgically Assigning Sex for Intersex Children Merle Spriggsand Julian Savulescu |
5 Transsexualism and Gender Reassignment Surgery Heather Draper and Neil EvansPart III: Separating Conjoined Twins; 6 Separating Conjoined Twins: Disability, Ontology, and Moral Status Richard Hull and Stephen Wilkinson; 7 Conjunction and Separation: Viable Relationships, Equitable Partings David Wasserman; Part IV: Limb and Face Transplantation; 8 Ethical Issues in Limb Transplants Donna Dickenson and Guy Widdershoven; 9 Changing Faces: Ethics, Identity, and Facial Transplantation Françoise Baylis; Part V: Cosmetic Surgery; 10 A Defense of Cosmetic Surgery Stephen Coleman |
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11 Beauty under the Knife: A Feminist Appraisal of Cosmetic Surgery Rosemarie Tong and Hilde LindemannPart VI: Placebo Surgery; 12 The Emperor's New Scar: The Ethics of Placebo Surgery David Neil; 13 Sham Surgery and Reasonable Risks Alex John London; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When the benefits of surgery do not outweigh the harms or where they do not clearly do so, surgical interventions become morally contested. Cutting to the Core examines a number of such surgeries, including infant male circumcision and cutting the genitals of female children, the separation of conjoined twins, surgical sex assignment of intersex children and the surgical re-assignment of transsexuals, limb and face transplantation, cosmetic surgery, and placebo surgery. |
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