title: Clinical management of female genital mutilation must be handled with understanding, compassion.
abstract: Canadian obstetricians, gynecologists and family practitioners are not allowed to perform female genital mutilation (FGM), but because of immigration patterns it is still a reality for them. Dr. André Lalonde, an Ottawa obstetrician-gynecologist who serves as executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, offers some practical suggestions from his own experience for physicians unaccustomed to seeing patients who have experienced FGM.
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authors.lastname: Lalonde
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role