Reflective Practice
‘Gosh’: A cross-cultural encounter with a Somali woman, a male interpreter and a gynecologist on female genital cutting/mutilation

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I confirm all patient identifiers have been removed or disguised so the patient described are not identifiable and cannot be identified through details of the story.

Acknowledgements

My stay as a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, provided an extremely inspiring and perfect environment for writing, discussing and reflecting on clinical practice and cultural competence. My special thanks are to Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good and Seth Donal Hannah.

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For more information on the Reflective Practice section please see: Hatem D, Rider EA. Sharing stories: narrative medicine in an evidence-based world. Patient Education and Counseling 2004;54:251–253.

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