Female genital alteration: a compromise solution
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Female genital alteration: a compromise solution.
Despite 30 years of advocacy, the prevalence of non-therapeutic female genital alteration (FGA) in minors is stable in many countries. Educational efforts have minimally changed the prevalence of this procedure in regions where it has been widely practiced. In order to better protect female children from the serious and long-term harms of some types of non-therapeutic FGA, we must adopt a more ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0306-6800,1473-4257
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102375