Female circumcision: Implications for North American nurses

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 35-38

  Stewart, Rosemary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031113745     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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