Kvinnor som har genomgått könsstympning och sjukvårdspersonal som vårdar dem: Båda sidors uppfattning om hälso- och sjukvård med fokus på sexuell hälsa.

Abstract

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. This term refers to all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. More than 50,000 women born in a country practicing Female Genital Mutilation are now living in Sweden. Health Care Professionals treat these women every day with little knowledge or education on these women’s culture or FGM in general. The sexual Health of these women is often ignored in the belief that these women cannot experience a normal healthy sex life. However these women due experience orgasm and many have an intact clitoris under an infibulation scar. Health Care professionals need a broader general education that includes an emphasis on cultural and patient centered care.