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    Body enhancement through female genital cosmetic surgery creates ethical and rights dilemmas

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    Authors
    Cain, Joanna M.
    Iglesia, Cheryl B.
    Dickens, Bernard
    Montgomery, Owen
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2013-08-01
    Keywords
    Decision Making
    Ethics, Medical
    Female
    Genitalia, Female
    Health Education
    Humans
    Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
    *Women's Rights
    World Health
    Cosmetic surgery
    Ethics
    Vaginoplasty
    Vulvoplasty
    Women's rights
    Bioethics and Medical Ethics
    Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Plastic Surgery
    Women's Health
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.03.020
    Abstract
    Female genital cosmetic surgery is surgery performed on a woman within a normal range of variation of human anatomy. The issues are heightened by a lack of long-term and substantive evidence-based literature, conflict of interest from personal financial gain through performing these procedures, and confusion around macroethical and microethical domains. It is a source of conflict and controversy globally because the benefit and harm of offering these procedures raise concerns about harmful cultural views, education, and social vulnerability of women with regard to both ethics and human rights. The rights issues of who is defining normal female anatomy and function, as well as the economic vulnerability of women globally, bequeath the profession a greater responsibility to ensure that there is adequate health and general education-not just among patients but broadly in society-that there is neither limitation nor interference in the decision being made, and that there are no psychological disorders that could be influencing such choices. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Cain JM, Iglesia CB, Dickens B, Montgomery O. Body enhancement through female genital cosmetic surgery creates ethical and rights dilemmas. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2013 Aug;122(2):169-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.03.020. Link to article on publisher's site

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    10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.03.020
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30144
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    23735570
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