Praxis
Volume 92, Issue 31-32, 2003, Pages 1307-1314

Migrant women with female genital mutilation in Switzerland: Facts and recommendations for the clinical practice [Migrantinnen mit genitaler verstümmelung in der Schweiz: Hintergrundinformation und vorschläge für die ärztliche Praxis] (Review)

Thierfelder C.* , Hatz Ch. , Kessler Bodiang C.
  • a Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut Basel, Switzerland
  • b Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut Basel, Switzerland
  • c Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut Basel, Switzerland

Abstract

Due to increasing international migration Switzerland hosts women who have undergone female genital mutilation. Complications of female genital mutilation call for a comprehensive medically, socially and culturally adapted care. Health care providers in Switzerland are not adequately prepared to meet the specific needs of the women concerned, particularly because they are rarely exposed and have no national guidelines to rely on. This article based on qualitative research provides recommendations with the aim to improve the care for concerned African immigrant women in the Swiss health care system. © Verlag Hans Huber, 2003.

Author Keywords

Female genital cutting Circumcision Sub-Sahara Africa Defibulation Female genital mutilation Migration and health Reinfibulation FGM

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80051667799&doi=10.1024%2f0369-8394.92.31.1307&partnerID=40&md5=9eb9a75460f95343c0112ecb78d67ae3
DOI: 10.1024/0369-8394.92.31.1307
ISSN: 16618157
Cited by: 1
Original Language: German