Nontherapeutic male circumcision: Tackling the difficult issues

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2237-2243

  Perera, Caryn L ^a   Bridgewater, Franklin H G ^b   Thavaneswaran, Prema ^a   Maddern, Guy J ^a,b,c,d  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d ASERNIP S   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural Incentives; Elective Surgery; Foreskin Prepuce; Male Circumcision; Religious Incentives; Social Incentives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NONTHERAPEUTIC CIRCUMCISION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SURGICAL RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURE; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68349135316     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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