Attitudes towards female genital mutilation: An integrative review

International Nursing Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-34

  Reig Alcaraz, M ^a   Siles Gonzalez J ^a   Solano Ruiz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitude; Culture; Delivery of Healthcare; Emigration and Immigration; Female Circumcision; Globalization; Transcultural Nursing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ATTITUDE; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; GLOBALIZATION; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84893756441     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inr.12070     Document Type: Review

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