The child's right to an open future: Is the principle applicable to non-therapeutic circumcision?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 463-468

  Darby, Robert J L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMISH; ART; ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ETHICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FORECASTING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORNS AND MINORS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AUTONOMY; CHILDREN; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ETHICS; NEWBORNS AND MINORS;

ADULT; AMISH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEAFNESS; FORECASTING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMAN BODY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL VALUES; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879839861     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-101182     Document Type: Article

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