Cutting to the Core

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Ethics of Contested Surguries
Chapter 3
Chapter I: Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting
Chapter 4 1. Between Prophylaxis and Child Abuse: The Ethics of Neonatal Male Circumcision
Chapter 5 2. The Ethics of Neonatal Male Circumcision: Helping Parents to Decide
Chapter 6 3. Genital Alteration of Female Minors
Chapter 7
Chapter II: Sex Assignment and Reassignment Surgery
Chapter 8 4. The Ethics of Surgically Assigning Sex for Intersex Infants
Chapter 9 5. Transsexualism and Gender Reassignment Surgery
Chapter 10
Chapter III: Separating Conjoined Twins
Chapter 11 6. Separating Conjoined Twins: Disability, Ontology and Moral Status
Chapter 12 7. Conjunction and Separation: Viable Relationships, Equitable Partings
Chapter 13
Chapter IV: Limb and Face Transplantation
Chapter 14 8. Ethical Issues in Limb Transplants
Chapter 15 9. Changing faces: Ethics, identity and facial transplantation
Chapter 16
Chapter V: Cosmetic Surgery
Chapter 17 10. A Defence of Cosmetic Surgery
Chapter 18 11. Beauty under the Knife: A Feminist Appraisal of Cosmetic Surgery
Chapter 19
Chapter VI: Placebo Surgery
Chapter 20 12. The Emperor's New Scar: The Ethics of Placebo Surgery
Chapter 21 13. Sham Surgery and Reasonable Risks
Chapter 22 Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 23 Index
Chapter 24 About the Editor and Contributors