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Sources

Note of explanation:

I have included many of my own articles in the following lists. These articles contain extensive references to the publications of other authors and are cited in order to give readers access to these other sources. Materials of special importance to a particular chapter in The Ethical Canary or those not referenced in one of my articles are listed individually.

CHAPTER 8

Books and Articles

Anand, K.J., and PR. Hickey. "Pain and Its Effects in the Human Neonate and Fetus." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 317 (1987): 1321-29.

Colvin, Eric. Principles of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. Toronto: Carswell, 1991.

Ekhalal, U., B. Ben-Ami and A. Brzezinski. "Female Circumcision: The Peril Remains." B]U International, vol. 83 (suppl. 1) (1999): 103-8.

Fitzgerald, Maria. "The Birth of Pain." MRC News (London) (1998): 20-23.

Ganiats, T.G., J.B.C. Humphrey, H.L. Taras and R.M. Kaplan. "Routine Neonatal Circumcision: A Cost-Utility Analysis." Medical Decision Making, vol. 11 r (1991): 282-93.

Goldman, Ronald, Questioning Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective. Boston: Vanguard Publications, 1997.

Howard, C.R., P.M. Howard and M.L. Weitzman. "Acetaminophen Analgesia in Neonatal Circumcision: The Effects on Pain," Pediatrics, vol. 93 (1994): 641-46.

Kaplan, G.W. "Complications of Circumcision." Urologic Clinics of North America, vol. 10(1983): 543-49.

Kirkey, S. "Circumcising Baby Boys 'Criminal Assault.' Ethicist Says Society Must Consider Ban." The Ottawa Citizen, 17 October 1997, p. Al.

Kugler, I. "On the Possibility of a Criminal Law Defence for Conscientious Objection." Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, vol X (1997): 387-439.

Lawler, F.H., R.S. Bisonni and D.R. Holtgrave. "Circumcision: A Decision Analysis of Its Medical Value." Family Medicine, vol. 23 (1991): 587-93.

MacDonald, V "Newborns Feel Pain Differently than Adults: Research." The Montreal Gazette, 3 August 1998, p. A9 (reprinted from Sunday Telegraph [London]).

Quinn, T.C., MJ. Wawer, N. Swenemkambo et al. "Viral Load and Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 342, no. 13 (2000): 921-29.

Rogers, M.C. "Do the Right Thing. Pain Relief in Infants and Children." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 326 (1992): 55-56.

Singer, E, ed. The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times, 93 vol. IV New York; Ktav Publishing House, Inc., 1964 (Entry: Circumcision subheading: "In Apocryphal and Rabbinical Literature'1).

* Somerville, M.A. "Death of Pain: Pain, Suffering, and Ethics," in Progress in Pain Research and Management, vol. 2, eds. Gerald E Gebhart, Donna L. Hammond and Troels S. Jensen, 41-58. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain. Seattle, Wash.: IASP Press, 1994.

Somerville, M.A. "Medical Interventions and the Criminal Law: Lawful or Excusable Wounding?" McGill Law Journal, vol. 26, no. 1 (1980): 82-96.

* Somerville, M.A. "Pain and Suffering at Interfaces of Medicine and Law." University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. XXXVI (1986): 286-317.

Somerville, M.A. "Structuring the Issues in Informed Consent." McGill Law Journal, vol. 26, no. 4(1981): 740-808.

Somerville, M.A., and D. Alwin. "Lidocaine-Prilocaine Cream for Pain During Circumcision" (correspondence). New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 337, no. 8 (1997): 568-70.

Stuart, Don. Canadian Criminal Law, 2nd ed. Toronto: Carswell, 1987.

Szabo R., and R.V Short. "How Does Male Circumcision Protect Against HIV Infection?" British Medical Journal, vol. 320 (2000): 1592-94. (Correspondence re. Szabo and Short article. British Medical Journal, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/ eletters/320/7249/1592, 2000.)

Taddio, A., G. Koren et al. "Effect of Neonatal Circumcision on Pain Response During Subsequent Routine Vaccination." The Lancet, vol. 349 (1997): 599-603.

Taddio, A., G. Koren et al., "Effect of Neonatal Circumcision on Pain Responses at Vaccination in Boys." The Lancet, vol. 345 (1995): 291-92.

Taddio, A., B. Stevens, K. Craig, P Rastogi, S. Ben-David, M. Shennan, P Mulligan and G. Koren. "Efficacy and Safety of Lidocaine-Prilocaine Cream for Pain During Circumcision." New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 336 (1997): 1197-1201.

Taylor, J.R., A.P. Lockwood and A.J. Taylor. "The Prepuce: Specialized Mucosa of the Penis and Its Loss to Circumcision." British Journal of Urology, vol. 77 (1996): 291-95.

Toubia, N. "Female Genital Mutilation and the Responsibility of Reproductive Health Professionals." International Journal o/Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 46 (1994): 127-35.

Van Howe, R.S. "Circumcision and HIV Infection: Review of the Literature and Meta-analysis." International Journal of STD &'AIDS, vol. 10, no. 1 (1999): 8-16.

Williams, N., and L. Kapila. "Complications of Circumcision." British Journal of Surgery, vol. 80 (1993): 1231-36.

Yankelovich, Daniel. "Trends in American Cultural Values." Criterion (August 1996); 2- 9.

Reports

American Academy of Pediatrics, Task Force on Circumcision. Circumcision Policy Statement. Published in Pediatrics, vol. 103 (1999): 686-93.

Fetus and Newborn Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society. Neonatal Circumcision, Revisited. Published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 154 (1996)

Legislation

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation), Stat. Inst. 97-66, c. 16 S.C. 1997.

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 46 (as amended) Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B of the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) 1982, c. 11.

Civil Code of Quebec.

Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 (as amended).

Cases

B.(R.) v. Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto, [1995] 1 S.C.R. 315 (Supreme Court of Canada).

* These two articles are included in Prof. Somerville's book Death Talk, (McGill-Queen's Press) due for release in May or June of 2001.

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