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Challenges in Midwifery Care pp 63–75Cite as

Midwifery care and female genital mutilation

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional practice thousands of years old that affects an estimated 80 000 000 women and young girls world wide. Until recently, it was referred to by the euphemism ‘female circumcision’, which underplayed its life-altering and life-threatening sequelae by allowing confusion with male circumcision. Its effects on a woman’s sexuality and her experience of pregnancy and childbirth are particularly profound and therefore pose a challenge to the midwives who will care for her.

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  1. Joanna Hindley
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  2. Sarah Montagu
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust, UK

    Sheila C. Hunt MSc Econ, MBA, RGN, RM, PGCE (Professor of Midwifery, Head of the School of Women’s Health Studies) (Professor of Midwifery, Head of the School of Women’s Health Studies)

  2. University of Central England, Birmingham, UK

    Sheila C. Hunt MSc Econ, MBA, RGN, RM, PGCE (Professor of Midwifery, Head of the School of Women’s Health Studies) (Professor of Midwifery, Head of the School of Women’s Health Studies)

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Hindley, J., Montagu, S. (1997). Midwifery care and female genital mutilation. In: Kargar, I., Hunt, S.C. (eds) Challenges in Midwifery Care. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13425-0_6

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