A limited study on the perception and change in attitude about circumcision among health care professionals and their male family members

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-305

  Verit, Ayhan ^a,b   Aksoy, Sahin ^a   Yeni, Ercan ^a   Unal, Dogan ^a   Ciftci, Halil ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circumcision, traditional; Religious circumcision; Ritual circumcision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; FAMILY; FEAR; HAIRDRESSER; HAPPINESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME; SKIN SENSATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036440976     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066130     Document Type: Article

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