Medically assisted circumcision: a safer option for initiation rites
Manineng, Clement, and MacLaren, David (2014) Medically assisted circumcision: a safer option for initiation rites. Medical Journal of Australia, 201 (10). pp. 610-611.
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Abstract
[Extract] Culturally sensitive integration of medical circumcision could avert adverse effects at traditional male initiation rites.
In many traditional cultures, male initiation rites involve circumcision practices that can sometimes result in medical complications. In a recent incident in the Northern Territory, three young men required airlifting from their Borroloola initiation site to Darwin for medical assistance. The risk of permanent harm and potentially fatal outcomes could be decreased if safer options were available during initiation ceremonies. In this article, we report that it is possible to provide safe circumcision at male initiation rites.
| Item ID: | 39286 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Short Note) |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Sep 2015 00:28 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111715 Pacific Peoples Health @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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