Female genital cutting (mutilation/circumcision): Ethical and legal dimensions

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-287

  Cook, R J ^a   Dickens, B M ^a   Fathalla, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Circumcision; Female circumcision; Female genital cutting; Female genital mutilation; Infibulation; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0036890645     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(02)00277-1     Document Type: Article

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