Cutting to the core: exploring the ethics of contested surgeries
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780742550018
Date de publication :
6 mars 2006
Dimensions :
22,4 x 15,5 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
363 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.