Fifth International Symposium

The Fifth International Symposium convened at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom on 5-7 August 1998.

Proceedings

Section 1. Keynote Address
Evolutionary Cultural Ethics and Circumcision of Children
— N. Toubia

Section 2. The Anatomy, Physiology, and Histology of the Human Prepuce
Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Penis
— S. Scott

Anatomy and Histology of the Penile and Clitoral Prepuce in Primates: Evolutionary Perspective of Specialized Sensory Tissue of the External Genitalia
— C. J. Cold and K. A. McGrath
Significance and Function of Preputial Langerhans Cells
— G. L. Williams

Section 3. Current Research on Circumcision and Phimosis
The History of Phimosis from Antiquity to the Present
— F. M. Hodges
Diagnosis and Treatment of Phimosis
— S. C. Donnell
Anaesthesia for Circumcision: A Review of the Literature
— R. S. Van Howe
Neonatal Circumcision and HIV Infection
— R. S. Van Howe

Section 4. Genital Mutilation: Religious and Cultural Considerations
Muslims’ Genitalia in the Hands of the Clergy: Religious Arguments about Male and Femle Circumcision
— S. A. Aldeeb Abu- Sahlich
Evangelical Christianity and Its Relation to Infant Male Circumcision
— J. D. Bigelow
A Jewish Perspective on Circumcision — J. Goodman
Circumcision: An African Point of View
— G. B. Tangwa
Unifying Language: Religious and Cultural Considerations
— J. P. Baker

Section 5. Psychological Aspects of Genital Mutilation
Motivations for Modifications of the Human Body
— G. Zwang
Psychoanalysis of Circumcision
— M. Tractenberg
Post Trumatic Stress Disorder After Genital Medical Procedures
— J. Menage
Tyranny of the Victims: An Analysis of Circumcision Advocacy
— G. C. Denniston
Epidemiological, Medical, Legal, and Psychological Aspects of Mutilated/At-Risk Girls in Italy: A Bioethical Focus
— P. Grassivaro Gallo, L. Araldi, F. Viviani, and R. Gaddini
Circumcision in America in 1998: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Charges of American Physicians
— C. R. Fletcher
Facing Circumcision: Eight Physicians Tell Their Stories
— B. Katz Sperlich and M. Conant
Neonatal from a Primal Health Research Perspective
— M. Odent
Celebrating Phallos: Healing Men and Culture
— J. Zoske

Section 6. Foreskin Restoration: Historical and Contemporary Considerations
The History of Foreskin Restoration
— D. Schultheiss
Current Practices in Foreskin Restoration: The State of Affairs in the United States, and Results of a Survey of Restoring Men
— R. W. Griffiths
Foreskin Restoration (Circumcision Reversal)
— J. P. Warren
The Man Behind Restoration
— M. M. Lander

Section 7. The World-Wide Campaign to End Genital Mutilation
A Comprehensive Approach for Communication about Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt
— S. Abd el Salam
The History of Circumcision in the United States: A Physician’s Perspective
— M. L. Sorrells
Genital Mutilation in Ireland: A Public Health and Human Rights Report
— L. Massie
Challenges to Circumcision in Israel: The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation
— A. Zoossmann-Diskin and R. Blustein
Activism on the World Wide Web: The Role of the Internet in the Dissemination of Circumcision-Related Information
— M. M. Sarkis

Section 8. Current Problems in Medical Publications
Peer-Review Bias Regarding Circumcision in American Medical Publishing: Subverting the Dominant Paradigm
— R. S. Van Howe
An Analysis of Bias Regarding Circumcision in American Medical Literature
— P. M. Fleiss
Publication on Circumcision in the Medical Literature: The Role of an Editor
— H. N. Whitfield

Section 9. Legal and Ethical Considerations of Genital Mutilation
Circumcision and Virtue Ethics
— M. M. Lander
Respect in the Context of Infant Male Circumcisiion: Can Ethics and Law Provide Insights?
— M. A. Somerville
Male Non-Therapeutic Circumcision: The Legal and Ethical Issues
— C. Price
Attaining International Acknowledgment of Male Genital Mutilation as a Human Rights Violation, and a Written Intervention
— J. S. Svoboda
Some Thoughts on Legal Remedies
— D. J. Llewellyn
The Doctor as Expert Witness in United States Courts
— J. L. Snyder
The Oxford Declaration: A Call for the Prohibition of the Genital Mutilatiion of Children
— C. A. Bonner

The proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Sexual Mutilations have been published in Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers 1999. New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow (ISBN: 0-306-46131-5).

Sponsor

The Symposium was sponsored by the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers.