Female genital mutilation in the context of migration: Experience of African women with the Swiss health care system

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-90

  Thierfelder, Clara ^a,b   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Bodiang, Claudia M Kessler ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Tropical Institute ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Female genital mutilation; FGM; Health care; Migration; Reinfibulation; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMMUNITY; COUNSELING; ERITREA; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMALIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 16844363308     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki120     Document Type: Article

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