Hymen reconstruction: Ethical and legal issues

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-269

  Cook, Rebecca J ^a   Dickens, Bernard M ^a  

^a at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Honor" killing; Cosmetic surgery; Discrimination; Genital surgery; Hymen reconstruction; Revirgination; Virginity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIVORCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMEN RECONSTRUCTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 70449134656     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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