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PDFSymposium on circumcision
Rationalising circumcision: from tradition to fashion, from public health to individual freedom—critical notes on cultural persistence of the practice of genital mutilation
- Correspondence to: S K Hellsten Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham; s.k.hellstenbham.ac.uk; ccskhellstenyahoo.co
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Rationalising circumcision: from tradition to fashion, from public health to individual freedom—critical notes on cultural persistence of the practice of genital mutilation
Publication history
- Received March 24, 2004
- Accepted March 25, 2004
- Revised March 25, 2004
- First published June 1, 2004.
Online issue publication
June 01, 2004
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Copyright 2004 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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