Cutting to the Core Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries |
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| Editor:
| Benatar, David |
| Contribution by:
| Benatar, Michael
Cannold, Leslie
Davis, Dena
Spriggs, Merle
Savulescu, Julian
Draper, Heather
Evans, Neil
Hull, Richard
Wilkinson, Stephen
Wasserman, David
Dickenson, Donna
Widdershoven, Guy
Baylis, Françoise
Coleman, Stephen
Tong, Rosemarie
Lindemann, Hilde
Neil, David
London, Alex John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-5001-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.