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READING LIST

Prepared for the Ontario Human Rights Commission
by the Association for Genital Integrity


Human rights

1. Smith J. Male Circumcision and the Rights of the Child. Utrecht: Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, SIM Special No. 21, 1998, pp. 475-500.

2. Milos M, Macris D. Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue? J Nurse-Midwifery 1992;37(2):Suppl.
 

Ethics and law

3. Canadian Medical Association. Code of Ethics. CMAJ 1996;155:1176A-1176B.

4. Committee on Bioethics, American Academy of Pediatrics. Informed Consent, Parental Permission, and Assent in Pediatric Practice. Pediatrics 1996;95(2):314-7.

5. Kluge, EH. Female circumcision: when medical ethics confronts cultural values. CMAJ 1993;148(2):288-9.

6. Toubia, N. Female genital mutilation and the responsibility of reproductive health professionals. Int J Gyn & Obst 1994;46:127-35.

7. Somerville M, Alwin D. Lidocaine-Prilocaine Cream for Pain during Circumcision (letter). New Engl J Med 1997;337:568.

8. Brigman WE. Circumcision as child abuse: the ethical and legal issues. J Fam Law 1985;23:337-57.

9. Queensland Law Reform Commission. Research paper: circumcision of male infants. Brisbane, Australia. QLRC 1993.

10. Circumcising baby boys 'criminal assault'. Ottawa Citizen; 17 October 1997: page A1.

11. Somerville MA. Medical Interventions and the Criminal Law: Lawful or Excusable Wounding?. McGill Law J 1980;26(2):82-96.

12. Price C. Male Circumcision: An Ethical and Legal Affront. Bull Med Eth 1997;128:13-19.

13. Turner N. Circumcised boys may sue. Health Law Update (Australia) 1996;1(4):1-2.

14. Van Howe RS et al. Involuntary circumcision: the legal issues. Br J Urol 1999;83:Suppl 1, 63-73.
 

Medicine and psychology

15. Gairdner D. The fate of the foreskin. Brit Med J 1949;2:1433-7.

16. Fetus and Newborn Committee, Canadian Pædiatric Society. Neonatal Circumcision Revisited. CMAJ 1996;154(6):769-780.

17. Taylor JR et al. The Prepuce: Specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision. Br J Urol 1996;77:291-5.

18. Cold CJ, Taylor JR. The Prepuce. Br J Urol 1999;83:Suppl 1, 34-44.

19. Laumann E, Masi C, Zukerman E. Circumcision in the United States: Prevalence, Prophylactic Effects, and Sexual Practice. JAMA 1997;277:1052-7.

20. O'Hara K, O'Hara J. The effect of male circumcision on the sexual enjoyment of the female partner. BJU International 1999;83, Suppl. 1:79-84.

21. Goldman R. Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma. Boston, MA: Vanguard Publications, 1997.

22. Cansever, G. Psychological Effects of Circumcision. Br J Med Psych 1965;38:321-31.

23. Hammond T. A preliminary poll of men circumcised in infancy or childhood. Br J Urol 1999;83:Suppl 1, 85-92.

24. Winkelmann RK. The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and significance. Proc Mayo Clin 1959;34:39-47.

25. Kaplan G. Complications of Circumcision. Urologic Clinics of North America 1993;10(3):543-9.

26. Williams N, Kapila L. Complications of Circumcision. British Journal of Surgery 1993;80:1231-6.

27. Van Howe RS. Variability in penile appearance and penile findings: a prospective study. British Journal of Urology 1997;80:776-82.

28. Van Howe RS. Circumcision and HIV infection: a review of the literature and meta-analysis. Int J STD & AIDS 1999;10:8-16.

29. Taddio A et al. Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination. Lancet 1997;349:599-603.

30. Lander J et al. Comparison of Ring Block, Dorsal Penile Nerve Block, and Topical Anesthesia for Neonatal Circumcision. JAMA 1997;278:2157-62.
 

Web sites

Circumcision Information and Resource Pages.
The Internet's most extensive archive of information on circumcision. Recommended by the British Medical Journal. Created by Geoffrey Falk, Calgary.

Circumcision Information Resource Centre.
Montreal-based nonprofit organization providing information on non-religious infant circumcision and related topics.
 

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