Cutting to the core : exploring the ethics of contested surgeries /

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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 conjo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Benatar, David (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006.
Temas:
Surgery > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Social psychology.
Health attitudes.
National health services.
Professional ethics.
Medical care.
Medical personnel.
Humanities.
Surgery.
Surgery, Operative.
Ethics, Medical
General Surgery > ethics
Specialties, Surgical
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Health Services Misuse
Morals
Bioethics
Psychology, Social
Attitude to Health
Health Services
Ethics, Professional
Medicine
Delivery of Health Care
Health Occupations
Humanities
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Psychiatry and Psychology
Disciplines and Occupations
General Surgery
Unnecessary Procedures
Ethics, Clinical
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Ethics
Chirurgie > Aspect moral.
Éthique médicale.
Bioéthique.
Psychologie sociale.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Services de santé.
Déontologie professionnelle.
Prestation de soins.
Personnel médical.
Sciences humaines.
Chirurgie.
Chirurgie opératoire.
social psychology.
professional ethics.
humanities.
surgery (health care function)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The ethics of contested surgeris / David Benatar
  • pt. I. Male circumcision and female genital cutting
  • Between prophylaxis and child abuse : the ethics of neonatal male circumcision / Michael Benatar, David Benatar
  • The ethics of neonatal male circumcision : helping parents to decide / Leslie Cannold
  • Genital alteration of female minors / Dena S. Davis
  • pt. II. Sex assignment and reassignment surgery
  • The ethics of surgically assigning sex for intersex children / Merle Spriggs, Julian Savulescu
  • Transsexualism and gender reassignment surgery / Heather Daper, Neil Evans
  • pt. III. Separating conjoined twins
  • Separating conjoined twins : disability, ontology, and moral status / Richard Hull, Stephen Wilkinson
  • Conjunction and separation : viable relationships, equitable partings / David Wasserman
  • pt. IV. Limb and face transplantation
  • Ethical issues in limb transplants / Donna Dickenson, Guy Widdershoven
  • Changing faces : ethics, identity, and facial transplantation / Françoise Baylis
  • pt. V. Cosmetic surgery
  • A defense of cosmetic surgery / Stephen Coleman
  • Beauty under the knife : a feminist appraisal of cosmetic surgery / Rosemarie Tong, Hilde Lindemann
  • pt. VI. Placebo surgery
  • The emperor's new scar : the ethics of placebo surgery / David Neil
  • Sham surgery and reasonable risks / Alex John London.

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