Circumcision and Human Rights

by Marilyn Fayre Milos and Frederick M. Hodges

Book Overview

"There is hardly a reason to circumcise a little boy for medical reasons because those medical reasons don't exist", said Dr. Michael Wilks, Head of Ethics at the British Medical Association, who admitted that doctors have circumcised boys for "no good reason".

In the United States, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and in the Muslim world, 13.3 million infant boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402091664
• ISBN13: 9781402091667
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"