{"id":17036,"date":"1993-01-15T13:56:00","date_gmt":"1993-01-15T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17036"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:39:22","slug":"female-circumcision-when-medical-ethics-confronts-cultural-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=17036","title":{"rendered":"Female circumcision: When medical ethics confronts cultural values"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eike-Henner Kluge<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cmaj.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ\" class=\"wp-image-11269\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>Canadian physicians cannot consistently accept the principle of respect for people in the name of medical ethics, and then perform procedures they know to be medically inappropriate, harmful and demeaning only because they do not want to offend a misplaced cultural sensitivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Kluge E-H. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1490394\/pdf\/cmaj00303-0190.pdf\">Female circumcision: When medical ethics confronts cultural values<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1993 Jan 15;148(2):288-289. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eike-Henner Kluge ExtractCanadian physicians cannot consistently accept the principle of respect for people in the name of medical ethics, and then perform procedures they know to be medically inappropriate, harmful and demeaning only because they do not want to offend a misplaced cultural sensitivity. Kluge E-H. Female circumcision: When medical ethics confronts cultural values. 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