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London GP is cleared of practising female genital mutilation

BMJ. 2014 Apr 15;348:g2807. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2807. London GP is cleared of practising female genital mutilation. Dyer C. EXTRACT A London GP who removed almost all of the labia minora of a patient during cosmetic surgery has been cleared of practising female genital mutilation by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. Sureshkumar Pandya performed labiaplasty in MarchContinue reading “London GP is cleared of practising female genital mutilation”

Getting the facts right about the law and female genital mutilation.

BMJ. 2014 Apr 22;348:g2805. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2805. Getting the facts right about the law and female genital mutilation. Saunders A. There is no abstract available for this article. This article can be purchased in this LINK.

Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcomes: flawed systematic review and meta-analysis does not accurately reflect the available evidence.

Obstet Gynecol Int. 2014;2014:205230. doi: 10.1155/2014/205230. Epub 2014 Mar 20. Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcomes: flawed systematic review and meta-analysis does not accurately reflect the available evidence. Meirik O, Banks E, Farley T, Akande O, Bathija H, Ali M. EXTRACT We commend Berg and Underland for taking on the momentous task of systematically reviewingContinue reading “Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcomes: flawed systematic review and meta-analysis does not accurately reflect the available evidence.”

The Scottish NHS does not turn a blind eye to female genital mutilation.

BMJ. 2013 Jan 8;346:f29. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f29. The Scottish NHS does not turn a blind eye to female genital mutilation. Brown IG. Comment on BMJ. 2012;345:e8121. EXTRACT …I am the senior partner in a north Glasgow practice that has more than 3000 patients from an asylum seeking or refugee background. The practice has been involved inContinue reading “The Scottish NHS does not turn a blind eye to female genital mutilation.”