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Female Genital Mutilation
Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association;
Ronald M. Davis, MD;
Myron Genel, MD;
John P. Howe III, MD;
Mitchell S. Karlan, MD;
William R. Kennedy, MD;
Patricia Joy Numann, MD;
Joseph A. Riggs, MD;
Haddon Heights, NJ;
W. Douglas Skelton, MD;
Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD;
Monique A. Spillman;
Michael Williams, MD;
Donald C. Young, MD;
James R. Allen, MD, MPH;
Robert C. Rinaldi, PhD;
Lynn Gettleman, MA;
Linda B. Bresolin, PhD
JAMA. 1995;274(21):1714-1716.
Abstract
Female genital mutilation is the medically unnecessary modification of female genitalia. Female genital mutilation typically occurs at about 7 years of age, but mutilated women suffer severe medical complications throughout their adult lives. Female genital mutilation most frequently occurs in Africa, the Middle East, and Muslim parts of Indonesia and Malaysia, and it is generally part of a ceremonial induction into adult society. Recent political and economic problems in these regions, however, have increased the numbers of students and refugees to the United States. Consequently, US physicians are treating an increasing number of mutilated patients. The Council on Scientific Affairs recommends that US physicians join the World Health Organization, the World Medical Association, and other major health care organizations in opposing all forms of medically unnecessary surgical modification of the female genitalia.
(JAMA. 1995;274:1714-1716)
Author Affiliations
Lansing, Mich; New Haven, Conn; (Vice-Chair), San Antonio, Tex; Beverly Hills, Calif; Minneapolis, Minn; Syracuse, NY; (Chair), Macon, Ga; Boston, Mass; Dallas, Tex; Baltimore, Md; Iowa City, Iowa
From the Group on Science, Technology, and Public Health, Council of Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill.
Footnotes
This report was presented at the 1994 Interim House of Delegates Meeting as Report 5 of the Council on Scientific Affairs. The recommendations were adopted as amended and the remainder of the report was filed.
This report is not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all the facts and circumstances involved in an individual case and are subject to change as knowledge and technology advance and patterns of practice evolve. This report reflects the scientific knowledge as of December 1994.
Reprint requests to Group on Science, Technology, and Public Health, American Medical Association, 515 N State St, Chicago, IL 60610 (James R. Allen, MD, PhD).
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