Cutting to the core : exploring the ethics of contested surgeries / / edited by David Benatar

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 174/.9617
• Soggetto topico: Surgery - Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics; General Surgery - ethics; Ethics, Medical
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BenatarDavid
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cutting to the core
• ISBN: 0-7425-5001-X; 0-7425-7616-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452349703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II