Risk Assessment

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.”

[Shortages in the management of genitally mutilated pregnant women in Swedish health care. Time to shift the focus from women’s genitals to their whole being]

Lakartidningen. 2004 Sep 23;101(39):3003-4, 3006. [Shortages in the management of genitally mutilated pregnant women in Swedish health care. Time to shift the focus from women’s genitals to their whole being]. [Article in Swedish] Essén B, Johnsdotter S. Institutionen för obstetrik och gynekologi, Universitetssjukhuset MAS, Malmö. birgitta.essen@obst.mas.lu.se Comment in Lakartidningen. 2004 Oct 7;101(41):3193-4; author reply 3194.Continue reading “[Shortages in the management of genitally mutilated pregnant women in Swedish health care. Time to shift the focus from women’s genitals to their whole being]”