Female Genital Mutilation Name: Institution: Course: Date: 1 Simpson, J., Robinson, K., Creighton, S., & Hodes, D. (2012). Female genital mutilation: the role of health professionals in prevention, assessment, and management. BMJ, 344(mar14 1), e1361-e1361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1361 Purpose The purpose of the paper is aligned with the need to evaluate the implication of the female genital mutilation. The paper’s central theme however, is on the role and the professional medical practitioner can play to reduce the vive across the globe. The paper advices on the various ways that the medical practitioners can make talking about FGM a relatively easy subject. It also helps the medical practitioners the various ways that they can identify persons that are affected by FGM. This way they are able to offer help, if they identify the persons that are most likely affected by the vice. The authors also purpose to educate the health practitioners on the ways that they can offer assistance to those persons who are affected. Method The study which was carried in the United Kingdom, used previously written papers to bring out the premise of the paper, using the qualitative research method. As such the paper took the form of a literature review. They went about the study, by collecting information and facts from past research and government publications. Results The results of the study are highly related to the UK population and by ex...