Female Genital Cutting and the Need for Culturally Competent Communication

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 452-457

  Odemerho, Benedicta I ^a   Baier, Marjorie ^b  

^a Lewis and Clark Community College   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Female circumcision; Female genital cutting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861706094     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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