title: Female genital cutting: nursing implications.
abstract: Female genital cutting (FGC) is a practice that affects millions of girls and women worldwide. This deeply rooted practice has cultural, religious, and psychosexual meaning to its practitioners, but it also carries long-term physical and mental complications. Decried as a human rights violation, nonetheless this practice is still carried out today. Nurses are in a unique position to contact and educate women who have been cut or are at risk for mutilation. To advocate for these women, a thorough understanding of the practice of FGC, its cultural overtones, religious implications, and psychosexual effects is needed.
authors.affiliation: Buchanan County Health Center, IA, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Goldenstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019093:Circumcision, Female / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: maternal/child; patient/client and/or family education; women’s health