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. 1995 Mar 15;152(6):949–950.

Clinical management of female genital mutilation must be handled with understanding, compassion.

A Lalonde
PMCID: PMC1337778  PMID: 7697588

Abstract

Canadian obstetricians, gynecologists and family practitioners are not allowed to perform female genital mutilation (FGM), but because of immigration patterns it is still a reality for them. Dr. André Lalonde, an Ottawa obstetrician-gynecologist who serves as executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, offers some practical suggestions from his own experience for physicians unaccustomed to seeing patients who have experienced FGM.

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