title: Sterilisation of young, competent, and childless adults.
authors.affiliation: Medical Ethics Unit, Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP. p.benn@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Piers
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benn
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lupton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026706:Paternalism / Q000941:ethics; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000941:ethics; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology