Ethics in practice: Sterilisation of young, competent, and childless adults

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7503, 2005, Pages 1323-1325

  Benn, Piers ^a   Lupton, Martin ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CASE REPORT; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGERY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE;

EID: 20644456871     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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