Cutting to the core : exploring the ethics of contested surgeries / edited by David Benatar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benatar, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery--Moral and ethical aspects.

Surgery.

Medical ethics.

General Surgery--ethics.

Ethics, Medical.

Medical Subjects:

General Surgery--ethics.

Ethics, Medical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 conjoined twins, surgical sex assignment of intersex children and the surgical re-assignment of transsexuals, limb and face transplantation, cosmetic surgery, and placebo surgery.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Ethics of Contested Surgeries David Benatar; Part I: Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting; 1 Between Prophylaxis and Child Abuse: The Ethics of Neonatal Male Circumcision Michael Benatar and David Benatar; 2 The Ethics of Neonatal Male Circumcision: Helping Parents to Decide Leslie Cannold; 3 Genital Alteration of Female Minors Dena S. Davis; Part II: Sex Assignment and Reassignment Surgery; 4 The Ethics of Surgically Assigning Sex for Intersex Children Merle Spriggsand Julian Savulescu

5 Transsexualism and Gender Reassignment Surgery Heather Draper and Neil EvansPart III: Separating Conjoined Twins; 6 Separating Conjoined Twins: Disability, Ontology, and Moral Status Richard Hull and Stephen Wilkinson; 7 Conjunction and Separation: Viable Relationships, Equitable Partings David Wasserman; Part IV: Limb and Face Transplantation; 8 Ethical Issues in Limb Transplants Donna Dickenson and Guy Widdershoven; 9 Changing Faces: Ethics, Identity, and Facial Transplantation Françoise Baylis; Part V: Cosmetic Surgery; 10 A Defense of Cosmetic Surgery Stephen Coleman

11 Beauty under the Knife: A Feminist Appraisal of Cosmetic Surgery Rosemarie Tong and Hilde LindemannPart VI: Placebo Surgery; 12 The Emperor's New Scar: The Ethics of Placebo Surgery David Neil; 13 Sham Surgery and Reasonable Risks Alex John London; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7425-5001-X

0-7425-7616-7

OCLC:

855970021