Being Different and Vulnerable: Experiences of Immigrant African Women Who Have Been Circumcised and Sought Maternity Care in Sweden

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-57

  Berggren, Vanja ^a   Bergström, Staffan ^a   Edberg, Anna Karin ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

experiences; female genital mutilation; health care; migration; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 30944467922     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659605281981     Document Type: Article

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