Hymen 'restoration' in cultures of oppression: How can physicians promote individual patient welfare without becoming complicit in the perpetuation of unjust social norms?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 431-431

  Earp, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYMEN; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGY; SURGERY;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYMEN; PHYSICIANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84901255042     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101662     Document Type: Note

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