Female genital mutilation: Some ethical questions

Medicine and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Davis, Anne J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED NATIONS; VULVA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032452428     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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