Medicalization of female genital cutting in Malaysia: A mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the clear stand taken by the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies in ensuring that female genital cutting (FGC) is not performed by health professionals, the rate of medicalization has not reduced. The current study aimed to determine the extent of medicalization of FGC among doctors in Malaysia, who the doctors were who practiced it, how and what was practiced, and the motivations for the practice.

Methods and findings

This mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) study was conducted from 2018 to 2019 using a self-administered questionnaire among Muslim medical doctors from 2 main medical associations with a large number of Muslim members from all over Malaysia who attended their annual conference. For those doctors who did not attend the

SUBMITTER: Rashid A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7591112 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature