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Hymen ‘restoration’ in cultures of oppression: how can physicians promote individual patient welfare without becoming complicit in the perpetuation of unjust social norms?
- Correspondence to Brian D. Earp, Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Suite 8, Littlegate House, St Ebbes Street, Oxford OX1 1PT; brian.earp{at}gmail.com
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Hymen ‘restoration’ in cultures of oppression: how can physicians promote individual patient welfare without becoming complicit in the perpetuation of unjust social norms?
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- Received June 18, 2013
- Accepted July 11, 2013
- First published August 2, 2013.
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April 27, 2016
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