Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C): Survey of RANZCOG Fellows, Diplomates & Trainees and FGM/C prevention and education program workers in Australia and New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 523-527

  Moeed, Saman M ^a   Grover, Sonia R ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

female; circumcision; female; infibulation; genital mutilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSTOCIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICTURITION DISORDER; PATIENT COMFORT; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; RECURRENT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; NEW ZEALAND; OBSTETRICS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84870949785     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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