Description
This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights. Authors are international experts in their fields, and the book contains the most up-to-date information on the issue of genital cutting of infants and children from medical, legal, bioethical, and human rights perspectives. Preface Tortured Bodies, Tortured Doctrines: Informed Consent as a Legal Fiction Inapplicable to Neonatal Male Circumcision J. Steven Svoboda Routine Infant Circumcision: Vital Issues Circumcision Proponents May Be Overlooking Robert S. Van Howe The Smart Penis John R. Taylor The Harm of Circumcision George C. Denniston Evolution of Circumcision Methods: Not “Just a Snip” Hugh Young Penile Wounding: The Spectrum of Complications of Routine Male Circumcision as Seen in a Typical American Family Medical Practice Christopher Fletcher Male Circumcision and the Potential for Unexplained Male Adolescent Suicide in Northern Ireland Linda Massie Healing the Harms of Circumcision: A Nursing Case Study B. Maurene White Ten Years of Training: Family Medicine Residents as Conscientious Objectors to Circumcision Michelle R. Storms Intersex Surgeries, Circumcision, and the Making of “Normal” Elizabeth Reis Intersex Genital Autonomy: A Rights-Based Framework for Medical Intervention with Intersex Infants Paul Mason The Sar/Rohan (The Possession): A Response of Somali Women To Pharaonic Circumcision/Infibulation (PhC) Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Stefania Gazzea, and Antonio Iaria Genital Stretching Among the Venda Ethnic Group (South Africa) Erika Dionisio and Franco Viviani Male Circumcision Among the Venda of Limpopo (South Africa) Erika Dionisio and Franco Viviani Critique of African Circumcision and HIV RCTs, A Poster Presentation Gregory J. Boyle Randomized Controlled Trials for HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Men in Africa: Untraced Infections, Unasked Questions, and Unreported Data David Gisselquist Dangerous Myths and Tragic Misconceptions: Fighting HIV and AIDS Cases in Africa with Male Circumcision Strategies Charles Geshekter Defying the Enlightenment: Jewish Ethnicity and Ethnic Circumcision Leonard B. Glick Circumcision: Gender and Power Miriam Pollack Reclaiming Circumcision: Armenian Stories Astrik Vardanyan Self-made Intactivism in the Middle East Hatem Kamal Saied Genital Autonomy: A New Approach David Smith
