%0 Journal Article
%T Aproximaci¨®n a la Ablaci¨®n/Mutilaci¨®n Genital Femenina (A/MGF) desde la Enfermer¨ªa Transcultural: Una revisi¨®n bibliogr¨¢fica
%A Jim¨¦nez Ruiz
%A I.
%A Almansa Mart¨ªnez
%A P.
%A Pastor Bravo
%A M.M.
%A Pina Roche
%A F.
%J Enfermer¨ªa Global
%D 2012
%I Universidad de Murcia
%X objective: analysing the argumentations in favour to the female genital mutilation (fgm) with the intention to know and understand the complex and subjective reality of this practice. material and method: bibliographical search and revision on the net in order to accessing web directories of organizations and the main health sciences data bases. results: the analysis of the biography contributes with a big quantity of information regarding the supportiveness of this practice and the complications derived from it, clarifying the complex situations involved in its perpetuation. conclusions: the fgm is understood as a cultural care of women determined by socio-cultural, hygienic-aesthetic, religious-spiritual and sexual factors among others related with health. in this way, a wide range of secondary complications to fgm have been described.
%K ablation/female genital mutilation
%K ablation
%K female circumcision
%K transcultural nursing.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1695-61412012000400022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en