Attitudes of medical students towards female genital mutilation.
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.
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Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
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D001290:Attitude; D019093:Circumcision, Female; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires