The Love Surgeon
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The Love Surgeon

A Story of Trust, Harm, and the Limits of Medical Regulation

Sarah B. Rodriguez

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  2. English
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The Love Surgeon

A Story of Trust, Harm, and the Limits of Medical Regulation

Sarah B. Rodriguez

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About This Book

Dr. James Burt believed women's bodies were broken, and only he could fix them. In the 1950s, this Ohio OB-GYN developed what he called "love surgery, " a unique procedure he maintained enhanced the sexual responses of a new mother, transforming her into "a horny little house mouse." Burt did so without first getting the consent of his patients. Yet he was allowed to practice for over thirty years, mutilating hundreds of women in the process.It would be easy to dismiss Dr. Burt as a monstrous aberration, a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein. Yet as medical historian Sarah Rodriguez reveals, that's not the whole story. The Love Surgeon asks tough questions about Burt's heinous acts and what they reveal about the failures of the medical establishment: How was he able to perform an untested surgical procedure? Why wasn't he obliged to get informed consent from his patients? And why did it take his peers so long to take action? The Love Surgeon is both a medical horror story and a cautionary tale about the limits of professional self-regulation.

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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781978800991
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
General Health

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Janet Phillips, 1981
  8. Janet Phillips, 1981
  9. Janet Phillips, 1981–1984
  10. Janet Phillips, 1986–1987
  11. Conclusion: Stock Assumptions
  12. Appendix: Questions to Ask If Considering an Elective Surgery
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. Notes
  15. Index
  16. About the Author