Kvinnlig könsstympning eller omskärelse. En litteraturstudie om sjuksköterskors behov av kulturella kunskaper i mötet med omskurna eller könsstympade kvinnor

Sammanfattning: Sweden, being a multicultural society, has an increased need for transcultural care. The purpose of this literature review is to provide, through Madeleine Leinger's Culture Care-theory and her Sunrise model, a greater knowledge to nurses and to other professions within the health care units in meeting with circumcised or genitally mutilated girls or women. The result is based upon two scientific dissertations and nine scientific studies. It emerged mainly the etic (outsider) perspective. To underline the emic (insider) perspective, pure literature and fiction have been used. The result shows that seven out of twelve factors from the Sunrise model helps the nurse to behave in a culture congruent way, related to an emic and etic- prospective. The factors are cultural values, belief and lifeways, kinship and social factors, language and communication, religion and philosophical factors, political and legal factors, technological factors, educational factors. Even more, the result also shows the importance of health care professionals' knowledge and understanding of circumcised or genitally mutilated girls or women and of their culture, as well as the importance of always keeping the genus perspective in mind. This review proposes a way for nurses on how to handle difficulties which they may encounter in meeting with circumcised or genitally mutilated girls or women.