Female genital mutilation/cutting - Towards abandonment of a harmful cultural practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 400-405

  Varol, Nesrin ^a,b   Fraser, Ian S ^a,b   Ng, Cecilia H M ^a   Jaldesa, Guyo ^c,d   Hall, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Female genital mutilation; Footbinding; Infibulation; Millennium development goals

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; AUSTRALIA; CLITORIS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXCISION; FATHER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MIGRANT; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREPUCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84907857862     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12206     Document Type: Review

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