Morris R
School of Nursing, San Diego State University, California, USA.
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 1996 Dec;19(2):43-53. doi: 10.1097/00012272-199612000-00006.
The issue of female circumcision takes on special significance as more women migrate to the United States from countries where the practice has religious and traditional underpinnings. Female circumcision is a problem unfamiliar to most Western health care practitioners. This article describes an ethnographic study of the types of female circumcision, the reasons for and against the practice, the health implications of this practice, and cultural attitudes of circumcised women both in Western Africa and as migrant refugees living in the United States. Ethical dilemmas in dealing with this practice and implications for nurses and health care providers are discussed.
随着越来越多女性从存在女性割礼宗教和传统根源的国家移民到美国，女性割礼问题具有了特殊意义。女性割礼是大多数西方医疗从业者所不熟悉的问题。本文描述了一项人种志研究，内容包括女性割礼的类型、支持和反对该做法的理由、这种做法对健康的影响，以及西非和生活在美国的移民难民中接受割礼女性的文化态度。文中还讨论了处理这种做法时的伦理困境以及对护士和医疗服务提供者的影响。
