Missed opportunities for diagnosis of female genital mutilation

Abdulcadir, Jasmine; Dugerdil, Adeline; Boulvain, Michel; Yaron, Michal; Margairaz, Christiane; Irion, Olivier; Petignat, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.11.016

Scientific article

English

Missed opportunities for diagnosis of female genital mutilation

ContributorsAbdulcadir, Jasmine; Dugerdil, Adeline; Boulvain, Michel; Yaron, Michal; Margairaz, Christiane; Irion, Olivier; Petignat, Patrick

Published inInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics, vol. 125, no. 3, p. 256-260

Publication date2014

Abstract

To investigate missed opportunities for diagnosing female genital mutilation (FGM) at an obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) department in Switzerland.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Circumcision, Female/classification/statistics & numerical data
Diagnostic Errors/statistics & numerical data
Female
Gynecology/standards
Humans
Infant
Obstetrics/standards
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
Retrospective Studies
Switzerland
Young Adult

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research group

Citation (ISO format)

ABDULCADIR, Jasmine et al. Missed opportunities for diagnosis of female genital mutilation. In: International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics, 2014, vol. 125, n° 3, p. 256–260. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.11.016

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Identifiers

PID : unige:77356
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.11.016
PMID : 24713414

ISSN of the journal0020-7292

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Missed opportunities for diagnosis of female genital mutilation

To investigate missed opportunities for diagnosing female genital mutilation (FGM) at an obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) department in Switzerland.

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