Tag Archives: France

Circumcision and excision: Towards a non-law of bioethics?

J Int Bioethique. 2015 Jul;26(3):63-75, 263. Circumcision and excision: Towards a non-law of bioethics? [Article in French] Delage PJ ABSTRACT This article defines the practices of circumcision and excision, and studies their foundations. Then, it considers some of the conflicts (of rights, laws and cultures) inherent to these practices. Finally, it suggests that the solutionContinue reading “Circumcision and excision: Towards a non-law of bioethics?”

[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

[Female genital mutilation. Women’s point of view]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. Nov 2001 29(11): 824–828 [Mutilations génitales rituelles féminines. La parole aux femmes] [Article in french] [Female genital mutilation. Women’s point of view] Allag F, Abboud P, Mansour G, Zanardi M, Quéreux C ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is considered as the most dangerous custom still ritually practised and 2 million girls undergo the ordeal each year. This practice isContinue reading “[Female genital mutilation. Women’s point of view]”

[Female sexual dysfunctions: myths, realities and perspectives].

Encephale. 2010 Oct;36(5):357-8. Epub 2010 Jan 27. [Female sexual dysfunctions: myths, realities and perspectives]. [Article in French] Douki Dedieu S. No abstract is available for this article. This article can be purchased in this LINK  

[Psychological factors of genital automutilation and medico-ethical interest in emergency vulvoplasty]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2006 Feb;34(2):134-6. Epub 2006 Feb 21. [Psychological factors of genital automutilation and medico-ethical interest in emergency vulvoplasty]. [Article in French] Fayad S, Srom V, Delotte J, Bafghi A, Sorci K, Bongain A. Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Reproduction et Médecine Foetale, Hôpital Archet-II, CHU de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, BP 3079, 151, route de Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, 06202 NiceContinue reading “[Psychological factors of genital automutilation and medico-ethical interest in emergency vulvoplasty]”

[Sexual female mutilation]. [Article in French]

Arch Pediatr. 2005 Mar;12(3):347-50. [Sexual female mutilation]. [Article in French] Rey-Salmon C, Vazquez P, Do Quang LD. Unité médicojudiciaire, hôpital d’enfants Armand-Trousseau (AP-HP), 26, avenue du Docteur-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France. caroline.rey@trs.ap-hop-paris.fr ABSTRACT Each year, two million young girls are at risk of female sexual mutilation. Pediatricians are likely to be confronted with this problem. TheyContinue reading “[Sexual female mutilation]. [Article in French]”

Sexual medicine: Pain and pleasure-reconstruction after female genital mutilation.

Nat Rev Urol. 2012 Aug 7. Sexual medicine: Pain and pleasure-reconstruction after female genital mutilation. Razzak M. In 2004, the French National Health Service began to subsidize surgical reconstruction to treat dyspareunia in women who had undergone genital mutilation. The operation is now also offered to those seeking to improve their sex lives and physicalContinue reading “Sexual medicine: Pain and pleasure-reconstruction after female genital mutilation.”

Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation: a prospective cohort study

The Lancet. 2012 July 380(9837):134 – 141. Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation: a prospective cohort study Foldes P, Cuzin B, Andro A ABSTRACT Women who have undergone female genital mutilation rarely have access to the reconstructive surgery that is now available. Our objective was to assess the immediate and long-term outcomes of this surgery.Continue reading “Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation: a prospective cohort study”