Traditional male circumcision: Balancing cultural rights and the prevention of serious, avoidable harm

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 11 Oct 2013 South Africa Publisher:South African Medical Association NPCJournal:South African Medical Journal, volume 104, page 15 (eissn: 2078-5135,

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Authors: Behrens, K G;

doi: 10.7196/samj.7493

pmid: 24388077

handle: 10539/17982

Traditional male circumcision: Balancing cultural rights and the prevention of serious, avoidable harm

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Abstract

The right to participate in cultural practices should be protected. However, it is a limited right, and does not entail a right to activities that cause serious and avoidable harms. I argue that the harms currently resulting from traditional circumcision are very serious, and that we have an obligation to ensure that the practice is effectively regulated so as to minimise them.

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South Africa

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND JOHANNESBURG
South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa

Keywords

Male, Culture, male/adverse effects, African Traditional, South Africa, male, Circumcision, Male, Circumcision, Medicine, Humans

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