Ethical dilemma: Should doctors reconstruct the vaginal introitus of adolescent girls to mimic the virginal state?: Who wants the procedure and why

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7129, 1998, Pages 459-

  Logmans, A ^a   Verhoeff, A ^a   Raap, R Bol ^a   Creighton, F ^a   Van Lent, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPLICITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMEN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RECUMBENCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; IMMIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; COMPLICITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DECEPTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMEN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0032492099     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7129.459     Document Type: Article

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