Sterilisation of incompetent mentally handicapped persons: a model for decision making

Doctors are regularly confronted with requests for sterilisation of mentally handicapped people who cannot give consent for themselves. They ought to act in a medical vacuum because there doesn't exist a consensus about a model for decision making on this matter. In this article a model for dec...

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Authors: Denekens, J. P. (Author) ; Nys, H. (Author) ; Stuer, H. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 1999
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 237-241
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