TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical management of female genital mutilation must be handled with understanding, compassion JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 949 LP - 950 VL - 152 IS - 6 AU - A. Lalonde Y1 - 1995/03/15 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/152/6/949.abstract N2 - 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. ER -