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Title

Female genital surgeries: The known, the unknown, and the unknowable

Description

Reviews the literature on female genital surgeries and examines the extent to which available research supports commonly accepted "facts" about the prevalence and harmful effects of these practices, in particular their possible health complications, and their effect on sexuality.

Creator

Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer

Source

Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 13.1. March 1999. p. 79-106.
GN296 MAQ NO.1 1999

Date

1999

Contributor

seah

Format

Article journal