03858nam 2200661 450 991045234970332120211215175450.00-7425-5001-X0-7425-7616-7(CKB)2550000001110448(EBL)1343804(OCoLC)855970021(SSID)ssj0000957928(PQKBManifestationID)12467888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000957928(PQKBWorkID)10985309(PQKB)10705027(MiAaPQ)EBC1343804(Au-PeEL)EBL1343804(CaPaEBR)ebr10926754(CaONFJC)MIL510371(EXLCZ)99255000000111044820140911h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCutting to the core exploring the ethics of contested surgeries /edited by David BenatarLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,2006.©20061 online resource (250 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-5000-1 1-299-79120-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Savulescu5 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 Coleman11 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 ContributorsWhen 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.SurgeryMoral and ethical aspectsMedical ethicsGeneral SurgeryethicsEthics, MedicalElectronic books.SurgeryMoral and ethical aspects.Medical ethics.General Surgeryethics.Ethics, Medical.174/.9617Benatar DavidMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452349703321Cutting to the core2063074UNINA