Do parents have the legal authority to consent to the surgical amputation of normal, healthy tissue from their infant children?: the practice of circumcision in the United States.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The American University journal of gender, social policy & the law
دوره 7 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998