BMJ. 2015 Jul 9;351:h3709. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h3709. Royal college strengthens its guideline on female genital mutilation. Torjesen I EXTRACT The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has revised its guideline on female genital mutilation to clarify healthcare professionals’ legal responsibilities, the requirements to notify cases, and the management of women who have undergone mutilation who areContinue reading “Royal college strengthens its guideline on female genital mutilation”
Tag Archives: Ethics/Medical
Improve reporting of female genital mutilation, MPs tell doctors
BMJ. 2015; 350 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1467 (Published 18 March 2015) Improve reporting of female genital mutilation, MPs tell doctors O’Dowd EXTRACT Doctors must be encouraged to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to tackle what is still a woefully under-reported crime, MPs have claimed. In a report1 based on their follow-up inquiry on FGM publishedContinue reading “Improve reporting of female genital mutilation, MPs tell doctors”
Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines
Front Pediatr. 2015 Mar 18;3:18. doi: 10.3389/fped.2015.00018. eCollection 2015. Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines Earp BD ABSTRACT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a set of provisional guidelines concerning male circumcision, in which they suggest that the benefits of theContinue reading “Do the Benefits of Male Circumcision Outweigh the Risks? A Critique of the Proposed CDC Guidelines”
Awareness and predictors of female genital mutilation/cutting among young health advocates
Int J Womens Health. 2015 Feb 20;7:259-69. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S78664. eCollection 2015. Awareness and predictors of female genital mutilation/cutting among young health advocates Abolfotouh SM, Ebrahim AZ, Abolfotouh MA ABSTRACT The act of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is considered internationally as a violent act against girls and women and a violation of their human rights. ThisContinue reading “Awareness and predictors of female genital mutilation/cutting among young health advocates”
Surgeon acquitted of carrying out female genital mutilation in a prosecution criticised by obstetricians
BMJ. 2015, 350, h703 Surgeon acquitted of carrying out female genital mutilation in a prosecution criticised by obstetricians Dyer C EXTRACT An NHS trainee obstetrician who faced the first prosecution in the United Kingdom for female genital mutilation has been acquitted after the jury deliberated for less than half an hour. Dhanuson Dharmasena, then aContinue reading “Surgeon acquitted of carrying out female genital mutilation in a prosecution criticised by obstetricians”
Female Circumcision: An Emerging Concern in College Healthcare
Journal of American College Health, 1997, 45(5), 230-232 Female Circumcision: An Emerging Concern in College Healthcare Woolard D & Edwards RM ABSTRACT Female circumcision (clitoridectomy), a traditional practice in some Third World societies, is discussed, and related medical procedures are described. Medical and psychosexual implications for the patient are considered, and college health clinicians areContinue reading “Female Circumcision: An Emerging Concern in College Healthcare”
GP accused of being involved in female genital mutilation fails to have charges thrown out
BMJ. 2014 May 18;348:g3363. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3363. GP accused of being involved in female genital mutilation fails to have charges thrown out. Dyer C. EXTRACT A GP caught in a newspaper sting over female genital mutilation has failed in a bid to have General Medical Council charges against him thrown out on the ground of entrapment.Continue reading “GP accused of being involved in female genital mutilation fails to have charges thrown out”
[Female genital mutilation – the excision. Reflections of the ethics committee of the medical association Avicenne of France].
J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2010 Feb;39(1):81-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2009.10.003. Epub 2009 Nov 18. [Female genital mutilation – the excision. Reflections of the ethics committee of the medical association Avicenne of France]. [Article in French] Messaadi N, Chaker A. This article can be accessed for free in this LINK
[Legal aspects of ritual circumcision].
Klin Padiatr. 2009 Dec;221(7):409-14. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1233494. [Legal aspects of ritual circumcision]. [Article in German] Schreiber M, Schott GE, Rascher W, Bender AW. Abteilung für Kinderurologie, Urologische Klinik, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen. ms.schreiber@yahoo.de ABSTRACT Female circumcision (genital mutilation) is a criminal violation of human rights under German law. Even with consent of the person to beContinue reading “[Legal aspects of ritual circumcision].”
The issue of reinfibulation.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2010 May;109(2):93-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.01.001. Epub 2010 Feb 6. The issue of reinfibulation. Serour GI. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. giserour1@link.net ABSTRACT Reinfibulation is resuturing after delivery or gynecological procedures of the incised scar tissue resulting from infibulation. DespiteContinue reading “The issue of reinfibulation.”
afworo.org 