Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested SurgeriesDavid Benatar Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006. gada 7. marts - 246 lappuses Surgery inevitably inflicts some harm on the body. At the very least, it damages the tissue that is cut. These harms often are clearly outweighed by the overall benefits to the patient. However, where the benefits 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, if ever, do the benefits of these surgeries outweigh their costs? May a surgeon perform dangerous procedures that are not clearly to the patient's benefit, even if the patient consents to them? May a surgeon perform any surgery on a minor patient if there are no clear benefits to that child? These and other related questions are the core themes of this collection of essays. |
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... example, damages the incised tissue but, one hopes, saves the patient. Where a surgical intervention is plausibly aimed at yielding a net benefit, it is usually uncontested. In cases of competent patients, the only rider is that the ...
... example, damages the incised tissue but, one hopes, saves the patient. Where a surgical intervention is plausibly aimed at yielding a net benefit, it is usually uncontested. In cases of competent patients, the only rider is that the ...
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... example, breast reconstruction following mastectomy would be an instance of normalization, whereas augmentation of healthy breasts that are perceived to be "too small” is an "enhancement." The distinction between normalization and ...
... example, breast reconstruction following mastectomy would be an instance of normalization, whereas augmentation of healthy breasts that are perceived to be "too small” is an "enhancement." The distinction between normalization and ...
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... example, sex assignment surgery involves genital cutting. Separating conjoined twins may sometimes entail reassigning the sex of one of the twins. MALE CIRCUMCISION AND FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING Male circumcision, arguably the mildest of ...
... example, sex assignment surgery involves genital cutting. Separating conjoined twins may sometimes entail reassigning the sex of one of the twins. MALE CIRCUMCISION AND FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING Male circumcision, arguably the mildest of ...
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... example, it was once taken to be medically desirable. Although the medical community is now more equivocal about its benefits, the practice has become sufficiently entrenched that many people circumcise their sons because it strikes ...
... example, it was once taken to be medically desirable. Although the medical community is now more equivocal about its benefits, the practice has become sufficiently entrenched that many people circumcise their sons because it strikes ...
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... example, girls with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) typically manifest some degree of virilization of the external genitalia, even though their internal female sexual organs (uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries) are normal ...
... example, girls with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) typically manifest some degree of virilization of the external genitalia, even though their internal female sexual organs (uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries) are normal ...
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Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries David Benatar Ierobežota priekšskatīšana - 2006 |
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