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Breast Ironing: A Transcultural Nursing Review by ticonamaitanehemias is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This narrative review examines the harmful practice of breast ironing, primarily affecting girls in Cameroon, where heat and pressure are applied to developing breasts to delay their growth as a means of protection against sexual abuse and early marriage. The authors analyze this practice through the lens of human rights and Madeleine Leininger’s transcultural nursing theory, questioning the justification of cultural practices that violate women
- Author
- ticonamaitanehemias
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- EN