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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1995
Summary: Three cases of female circumcision are presented together with a literature review. Unfortunately, this procedure frequently results in genital mutilation. Treatment with deinfibulation enables restoration of the external genitalia and vagina.
M M, Erian, J T, Goh
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Female Circumcision

AWHONN Lifelines, 1998
The practice of female genital mutilations is widespread in many developing countries, yet health care professionals typically know little about the care of circumcised women. With the influx of immigrants and refugees from developing countries into Western cultures, it's important for nurses to understand some of the customs, beliefs, and traditions ...
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Care of Women With Female Circumcision

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2004
As a result of the ravages of war and chaos in East Africa in the early 1990s large numbers of Somali refugees emigrated to North America. Somali women have unique health care needs especially during pregnancy and childbirth because approximately 95% of them are affected by traditional female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM).
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The Culture of Female Circumcision

Advances in Nursing Science, 1996
The issue of female circumcision takes on special significance as more women migrate to the United States from countries where the practice has religious and traditional underpinnings. Female circumcision is a problem unfamiliar to most Western health care practitioners.
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