Stress Disorders/Traumatic

Giving refuge: reflections on working with asylum seekers.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Jul;40(1):149-54. Giving refuge: reflections on working with asylum seekers. Roth K. Department of Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA. kroth@mfa.gwu.edu EXTRACT Ten years ago, a psychiatrist colleague asked me to see Annie, a young Cameroonian woman who was seeking asylum in the United States, becauseContinue reading “Giving refuge: reflections on working with asylum seekers.”

Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians.

Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Jan;168(1):27-33. Epub 2008 Apr 25. Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians. Jaeger F, Caflisch M, Hohlfeld P. Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital de Pourtalès, Rue de la Maladière 45, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. f.jaeger@gmx.ch ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined as an injury of the external female genitaliaContinue reading “Female genital mutilation and its prevention: a challenge for paediatricians.”

Female circumcision: obstetrical and psychological sequelae continues unabated in the 21st century.

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2011 Jun;24(6):833-6. Epub 2010 Dec 1. Female circumcision: obstetrical and psychological sequelae continues unabated in the 21st century. Chibber R, El-Saleh E, El Harmi J. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College Of Medicine Kuwait University/King Faisal University Dammam, Safat 13110, Kuwait. OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence of female circumcision/female genitalContinue reading “Female circumcision: obstetrical and psychological sequelae continues unabated in the 21st century.”