title: Attitudes of medical students towards female genital mutilation.
abstract: This study investigated the attitudes of medical students towards female genital mutilation (FGM). The students agreed that it is a priority health problem in the community. As physicians, 61% said they would not perform it on their patients and 17% would join any group fighting this practice. While still students, 52% said they would fight its practice within their families, and 26% planned to initiate action against it. It was not considered a problem at all by 22% of the students surveyed.
authors.affiliation: Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Refaat
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Dandash
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lotfy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eyada
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D019093:Circumcision, Female; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires