Cutting to the core: exploring the ethics of contested surgeries
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780742550001
Date de publication :
7 mars 2006
Dimensions :
23,4 x 16,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
494 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When the benefits of surgery do not outweigh the harms, surgical interventions become morally contested. This book examines a number of such surgeries, such as: infant male circumcision and cutting the genitals of female children, the separation of conjoined twins, limb and face transplantation, cosmetic surgery, placebo surgery, and others.