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