CULTURAL CIRCUMCISION IN EU PUBLIC HOSPITALS – AN ETHICAL DISCUSSION
The paper explores the ethical aspects of introducing cultural circumcision of children into the EU public health system. We reject commonplace arguments against circumcision: considerations of good medical practice, justice, bodily integrity, autonomy and the analogy from female genital mutilation....
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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Bioethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 8, Pages: 470-482 |
Further subjects: | B
cross-religious dialogue
B Tolerance B circumcision (male) B bodily integrity B public healthcare (EU) |
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