Tag Archives: Pediatrics

Female genital mutilation: what every paediatrician should know

Arch Dis Child. 2015 Mar 19. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307234 Female genital mutilation: what every paediatrician should know Creighton SM, Hodes D ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is almost always performed on children and consequently paediatricians should have a central role in the detection and prevention of FGM. FGM has no health benefits and can cause lifelongContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: what every paediatrician should know”

Female genital mutilation in infants and young girls: report of sixty cases observed at the general hospital of abobo (abidjan, cote d’ivoire, west Africa).

Int J Pediatr. 2014;2014:837471. doi: 10.1155/2014/837471. Epub 2014 Mar 4. Female genital mutilation in infants and young girls: report of sixty cases observed at the general hospital of abobo (abidjan, cote d’ivoire, west Africa). Plo K, Asse K, Seï D, Yenan J. ABSTRACT The practice of female genital mutilations continues to be recurrent in AfricanContinue reading “Female genital mutilation in infants and young girls: report of sixty cases observed at the general hospital of abobo (abidjan, cote d’ivoire, west Africa).”

Female genital mutilation: a hidden epidemic (statement from the European Academy of Paediatrics).

Eur J Pediatr. 2013 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print] Female genital mutilation: a hidden epidemic (statement from the European Academy of Paediatrics). Sauer PJ, Neubauer D. Beatrix Children Hospital/UMCG, PO BOX 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands, p.j.j.sauer@umcg.nl. ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation or female circumcision is frequently performed worldwide. It is estimated by theContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: a hidden epidemic (statement from the European Academy of Paediatrics).”

US paediatricians withdraw guidance on female genital cutting after criticisms.

BMJ. 2010 Jun 1;340:c2922. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2922. US paediatricians withdraw guidance on female genital cutting after criticisms. Kmietowicz Z. EXTRACT The American Academy of Pediatrics has retracted its 2010 policy statement on female genital cutting after criticism and confirmed its opposition to all forms of mutilation, however minor. Last month the UK Royal College of ObstetriciansContinue reading “US paediatricians withdraw guidance on female genital cutting after criticisms.”

Bewley et al.: Female Genital Mutilation

BMJ. 2010 Jun 2;340:c2728. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2728. Female genital mutilation. Bewley S, Creighton S, Momoh C. Comment in BMJ. 2010; 341: c3888. SEE EXTRACT Paediatricians should resist its medicalisation Female genital mutilation is defined by the World Health Organization as any procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external genitalia or other injury to theContinue reading “Bewley et al.: Female Genital Mutilation”

Issues in Islamic Biomedical Ethics: A Primer for the Pediatrician

Pediatrics. Oct 1, 2001 (108)4, 965 -971 (doi: 10.1542/peds.108.4.965) Issues in Islamic Biomedical Ethics: A Primer for the Pediatrician Kamyar M. Hedayat and Roya Pirzadeh ABSTRACT The United States is becoming increasingly pluralistic. Pediatricians must become familiar with the factors that affect the emotional, physical, and spiritual health of their patients that are outside the ken of theContinue reading “Issues in Islamic Biomedical Ethics: A Primer for the Pediatrician”

Alan Scott: Letter to the Editor

Pediatrics. September 1, 2007 120(3) pp. 695 -696 Letter to the Editor C. Alan Scott MD EXTRACT To the Editor.— I fear that Dickerman may have lost sight of our responsibility as physicians: primum non nocere.1 His recent commentary2 advocating a change in the American Academy of Pediatrics policy on circumcision is ill-founded. His view that a declineContinue reading “Alan Scott: Letter to the Editor”

AAP: Female Genital Mutilation

Pediatrics. 1998; 102:1 153-156 Female Genital Mutilation AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. Committee on Bioethics ABSTRACT The traditional custom of ritual cutting and alteration of the genitalia of female infants, girls, and adolescents, referred to as female genitalmutilation (FGM), persists primarily in Africa and among certain communities in the Middle East and Asia. Immigrants in the United States from areas where FGM is endemic may have daughtersContinue reading “AAP: Female Genital Mutilation”

Ritual genital cutting of female minors.

Pediatrics. 2010 Jul;126(1):191. Epub 2010 Jun 7. Ritual genital cutting of female minors. American Academy of Pediatrics Board of Directors. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reaffirms its strong opposition to female genital cutting (FGC) and counsels its members not to perform such procedures. As typically practiced, FGC can be life-threatening. Little girls who escapeContinue reading “Ritual genital cutting of female minors.”