Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries

Benatar, David [Editor]; Benatar, Michael [Contributor]; Cannold, Leslie [Contributor]; Davis, Dena [Contributor]; Spriggs, Merle [Contributor]; Savulescu, Julian [Contributor]; Draper, Heather [Contributor]; Evans, Neil [Contributor]; Hull, Richard [Contributor]; Wilkinson, Stephen [Contributor]; Wasserman Clinical Center Department of Bioethics National Institutes of Health, David [Contributor]; Dickenson, Donna [Contributor]; Widdershoven, Guy [Contributor]; Baylis, Françoise [Contributor]; Coleman, Stephen [Contributor]; Tong, Rosemarie [Contributor]; Lindemann, Hilde [Contributor]; Neil, David [Contributor]; London, Alex John [Contributor];

ISBN 10: 074255001X / ISBN 13: 9780742550018

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074255001X
• ISBN 13: 9780742550018
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Stephen Coleman is Priest-in-Charge of the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, and Assistant Director of the Centre for Law and Religion, The School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, UK.