title: Jurisdiction of court to permit sterilization of mentally defective person in absence of specific statutory authority.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Trenkner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005053:Eugenics; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007872:Legal Guardians; D016365:Liability, Legal; D016743:Mental Competency; D033282:Parental Consent; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D011570:Psychiatry; D012098:Reproduction; D013244:Sterilization, Involuntary; D020458:Third-Party Consent