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Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: a cross-sectional qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional harmful practice that has been prevalent in Egypt for many years. The medicalization of FGM/C has been increasing significantly in Egypt making it the country with the highest rate of medicalization. In this qualitative study, we...

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Autores principales: El-Gibaly, Omaima, Aziz, Mirette, Abou Hussein, Salma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31455345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12914-019-0202-x