%0 Journal Article %A A. Lalonde %T Clinical management of female genital mutilation must be handled with understanding, compassion %D 1995 %J Canadian Medical Association Journal %P 949-950 %V 152 %N 6 %X Canadian obstetricians, gynecologists and family practitioners are not allowed to perform female genital mutilation (FGM), but because of immigration patterns it is still a reality for them. Dr. Andre Lalonde, an Ottawa obstetrician-gynecologist who serves as executive vice-president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, offers some practical suggestions from his own experience for physicians unaccustomed to seeing patients who have experienced FGM. %U