Knowledge of Female Genital Cutting and Experience With Women Who Are Circumcised: A Survey of Nurse-Midwives in the United States

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-54

  Hess, Rosanna F ^a   Weinland, JoAnn ^a   Saalinger, Natalie M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

African immigrant women; certified nurse midwives; culturally competent nursing practice; female circumcision; female genital cutting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYSMENORRHEA; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249116140     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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