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At a time when medical technologies make it ever easier to enhance our minds and bodies, a debate has arisen about whether such efforts promote a process of "normalization," which makes it ever harder to tolerate the natural anatomical differences among us. The debate becomes especially complicated when it addresses the surgical alteration, or "shaping," of children. This volume explores the ethical and social issues raised by the recent proliferation of surgeries designed to make children born with physical differences look more normal.

Using three cases -- surgeries to eliminate craniofacial abnormalities such as cleft lip and palate, surgeries to correct ambiguous genitalia, and surgeries to lengthen the limbs of children born with dwarfism -- the contributors consider the tensions parents experience when making such life-altering decisions on behalf of or with their children.

The essays in this volume offer in-depth examinations of the significance and limits of surgical alteration through personal narratives, theoretical reflections, and concrete suggestions about how to improve the decision-making process. Written from the perspectives of affected children and their parents, health care providers, and leading scholars in philosophy, sociology, history, law, and medicine, this collection provides an integrated and comprehensive foundation from which to consider a complex and controversial issue. It takes the reader on a journey from reflections on the particulars of current medical practices to reflections on one of the deepest and most complex of human desires: the desire for normality.

Contributors

Priscilla Alderson, Adrienne Asch, Cassandra Aspinall, Alice Domurat Dreger, James C. Edwards, Todd C. Edwards, Ellen K. Feder, Arthur W. Frank, Lisa Abelow Hedley, Eva Fedder Kittay, Hilde Lindemann, Jeffery L. Marsh, Paul Steven Miller, Sherri G. Morris, Wendy E. Mouradian, Donald L. Patrick, Nichola Rumsey, Emily Sullivan Sanford, Tari D. Topolski

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Title: Ask young, surgically menopausal women about lost libido.(News)
Author: Kate Johnson
Publication:Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Page: 5(1)

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 494 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Testosterone patch may relieve sexual dysfunction: surgically menopausal women.(Women's Health)
Author: Kate Johnson
Publication:Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 34 Issue: 5 Page: 84(1)

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This digital document is an article from Modern Casting, published by American Foundrymen's Society, Inc. on February 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2185 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Casting better bones: almost routine today, surgically-implanted castings are regularly replacing knee, hip and shoulder joints with amazing results.
Publication:Modern Casting (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2003
Publisher: American Foundrymen's Society, Inc.
Volume: 93 Issue: 2 Page: 29(4)

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1936 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Testosterone patch boosts sexual drive: surgically menopausal women.(Clinical Rounds)
Author: Kate Johnson
Publication:Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 36 Issue: 23 Page: 10(1)

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Title: Life takes deserved turn for better.(Health)(Surgically cured of epilepsy, Becky Willis fearlessly earns her driver's license - at 45)
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: October 9, 2004
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: D1

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Title: Patients surgically assigned as women may face depression.(Adult Psychiatry)
Author: Mitchel L. Zoler
Publication:Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35 Issue: 7 Page: 20(1)

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