Counseling women for tubal sterilization

Barron, E.; Richardson, J.A.; Barron, E; Richardson, J.A

doi:10.1093/hsw/3.1.48

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Counseling women for tubal sterilization

Barron, E.; Richardson, J.A.

Health and Social Work 3(1): 48-58

1978

ISSN/ISBN: 0360-7283

PMID: 648971

DOI: 10.1093/hsw/3.1.48

Document Number: 438520

In view of the current concern about sterilization abuse, the federal government has issued guidelines to prevent women from being sterilized without their knowledge or consent. The authors describe a counseling program in a large inner-city hospital that followed these specifications.