Counseling women for tubal sterilization.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003267:Contraception; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006773:Hospitals, Municipal; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008722:Methods; D009519:New York City; D012947:Social Work; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal