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Title Female genital mutilation / edited by Comfort Momoh ; forewords by Dame Karlene Davis and Christine McCafferty
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2005]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 172 pages : illustrations.)
Contents Female genital mutilation / Comfort Momoh -- FGM and issues of gender and human rights of women / Comfort Momoh -- Managing the reality of FGM in the UK / Janice Rymer and Comfort Momoh -- Female genital mutilation: a clinician's experience / Harry Gordon -- Care of circumcised young women and girls / Nahid Toubia -- Healthcare provision for pregnant asylum seekers and refugees / Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent -- Female genital mutilation and child protection / Adwoa Kwateng-Kluvitse -- Strategies for FGM prevention in Europe / Els Leye -- Attitudes towards FGM among Somali women living in the UK / Marwa Ahmed -- Community development approaches: a case for female genital mutilation (FGM) / Sarah McCulloch -- Legislative action to eradicate FGM in the UK / Sadiya Mohammad -- FGM: the next chapter in the struggle / Comfort Momoh
Summary Aimed at healthcare professionals, researchers and academics this title will assist those who care for women and girls who have had, or are at risk of having female genital mutilation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Female genital mutilation.
Female genital mutilation -- Complications
Women's rights.
Circumcision, Female -- adverse effects
Circumcision, Female -- rehabilitation
Circumcision, Female -- legislation & jurisprudence
Women's Rights
Female circumcision
Female circumcision -- Complications
United Kingdom
Form Electronic book
Author Momoh, Comfort, editor
ISBN 9780429091209
0429091206