Body identity integrity disorder...
http://newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html
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"I was 6 when I first became aware of my desire to lose my legs," wrote "Susan Smith" in London's The Guardian in January. "The image I have of myself has always been one without legs." News of the Weird has reported several times on people with "body identity integrity disorder" (apotemnophilia), which leads them to remove one or more limbs (or men their scrota). The worst part, said "Smith," was having to kill her leg, by freezing it in dry ice for at least four hours (she tried twice before it succumbed to an infection), because surgeons cannot ethically amputate a healthy limb. (A 1998 News of the Weird story involved a de-licensed San Diego surgeon who illegally removed limbs of needy men.) [The Guardian (London), 1-29-07]
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Is it right for doctors to perform such a procedure only after all other known therapeutic methods on a patient with BIID?
Is it fair that there should be regulations on surgeries, or should doctors be allowed to diagnosis and perform on a patient on a case-by-case basis?
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The views expressed in the above post are not necessarily those of Joker and/or any of his affiliates.
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