title: Sterilization for individuals with mental disabilities: the other half of the equation.
abstract: Medical ethics can be defined as the study of moral values and judgments as they apply to medicine. Healthcare providers, or for that matter all who make contributions to the field of medicine, are regularly confronted by ethical dilemmas. Like other predicaments, ethical dilemmas require thoughtful consideration. The overarching goal of Ethical Crossroads is to provide a forum for opinions on a contemporary ethical challenge that, at least tangentially, impacts the practice of child neurology.
authors.affiliation: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA. weisleder.1@osu.edu
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weisleder
mesh_terms: D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive