Regret, shame, and denials of women's voluntary sterilization

Women face extraordinary difficulty in seeking sterilization as physicians routinely deny them the procedure. Physicians defend such denials by citing the possibility of future regret, a well-studied phenomenon in women's sterilization literature. Regret is, however, a problematic emotion upon...

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Main Author: Lalonde, Dianne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 32, Issue: 5, Pages: 281-288
IxTheo Classification:NCC Social ethics
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Regret
B Stigma
B Shame
B Sterilization
B Reproductive Rights
B Biopolitics
B reproductive freedom
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