Tag Archives: Informed Consent

[Legal aspects of ritual circumcision].

Klin Padiatr. 2009 Dec;221(7):409-14. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1233494. [Legal aspects of ritual circumcision]. [Article in German] Schreiber M, Schott GE, Rascher W, Bender AW. Abteilung für Kinderurologie, Urologische Klinik, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen. ms.schreiber@yahoo.de ABSTRACT Female circumcision (genital mutilation) is a criminal violation of human rights under German law. Even with consent of the person to beContinue reading “[Legal aspects of ritual circumcision].”

[Medical and legal aspects of genital mutilation and circumcision part I: female genital mutilation (FGM)].

Arch Kriminol. 2011 Jan-Feb;227(1-2):1-22. [Medical and legal aspects of genital mutilation and circumcision part I: female genital mutilation (FGM)]. [Article in German] Dettmeyer R, Laux J, Friedl H, Zedler B, Bratzke H, Parzeller M. Aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Giessen. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is considered to be against the law and against moralityContinue reading “[Medical and legal aspects of genital mutilation and circumcision part I: female genital mutilation (FGM)].”

Female genital mutilation: whose problem, whose solution? Psychological damage is immense.

BMJ. 2006 Jul 29;333(7561):260. Female genital mutilation: whose problem, whose solution? Psychological damage is immense. Menage J. Comment on BMJ. 2006 Jul 15;333(7559):106-7. Editor—Conroy’s concerns about cosmetic surgery in the West are understandable, but he seems to have missed the fundamental differences between it and the genital mutilation of children. When a child is mutilated byContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: whose problem, whose solution? Psychological damage is immense.”

Irreversible error: the power and prejudice of female genital mutilation.

J Contemp Health Law Policy. 1996 Spring;12(2):325-53. Irreversible error: the power and prejudice of female genital mutilation. Annas CL. Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, USA. There is no abstract available for this article. There is no link to view this article online.