Traditional male circumcision remains a dangerous business

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Peltzer, K. (2008) Traditional male circumcision remains a dangerous business. HSRC Review. 6(2):5-6. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5295 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5295

http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/March-2010/i-could-make-it
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5295
 
Abstract:
Male circumcision using traditional methods is a dangerous, even life-threatening, rite of passage. In presumably the first study to test the feasibility of an intervention for safe traditional circumcision among the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape, the authors found weak support for encouraging this practice.
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25 Aug 2015
 
MALE CIRCUMCISION
EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
HEALTH
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
INITIATION RITUALS
 
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