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dc.contributor.authorCain, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorIglesia, Cheryl B.
dc.contributor.authorDickens, Bernard
dc.contributor.authorMontgomery, Owen
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:30.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:57:13Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:57:13Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-01
dc.date.submitted2014-05-13
dc.identifier.citation<p>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. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.03.020">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>
dc.identifier.issn0020-7292 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.03.020
dc.identifier.pmid23735570
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30144
dc.description.abstractFemale 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.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=23735570&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a></p>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.03.020
dc.subjectDecision Making
dc.subjectEthics, Medical
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectGenitalia, Female
dc.subjectHealth Education
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectReconstructive Surgical Procedures
dc.subject*Women's Rights
dc.subjectWorld Health
dc.subjectCosmetic surgery
dc.subjectEthics
dc.subjectVaginoplasty
dc.subjectVulvoplasty
dc.subjectWomen's rights
dc.subjectBioethics and Medical Ethics
dc.subjectObstetrics and Gynecology
dc.subjectPlastic Surgery
dc.subjectWomen's Health
dc.titleBody enhancement through female genital cosmetic surgery creates ethical and rights dilemmas
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
dc.source.volume122
dc.source.issue2
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/384
dc.identifier.contextkey5574364
html.description.abstract<p>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.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathfaculty_pubs/384
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology
dc.source.pages169-72


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