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Quinacrine sterilization (QS): Informed consent
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(03)90108-1
Subject(s) - informed consent , medicine , sterilization (economics) , family medicine , medical emergency , alternative medicine , pathology , foreign exchange market , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange
Informed consent is a basic human right for any medical procedure. It is particularly important that women know what is involved in any sterilization method, and how it will affect their health and their emotional life. Over 140,000 QS procedures have been performed in 34 countries. In no country has there been any formal effort to advance the acceptance of this method. Instead, satisfied users have been the promoters. Thoroughly informed consent is vital to patient satisfaction. A working group undertook an initiative to create an ideal consent form. The product of that initiative is presented.