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Vasectomies are legal — even in Queensland
Author(s) -
Gerber Paul
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb136269.x
Subject(s) - sterilization (economics) , criminal responsibility , law , informed consent , psychology , criminal case , medicine , political science , criminal law , business , alternative medicine , finance , pathology , exchange rate , foreign exchange market
Consent by patients to voluntary sterilization frees surgeons from criminal responsibility for assault when such consent is given freely with the knowledge of the purpose and consequence of the procedure, and when the operation is performed with professional skill. However, it is considered unethical for surgeons to sterilize a married man or woman of child‐bearing age unless they have satisfied themselves that the other party to the marriage has consented to the procedure. (Med J Aust 1987; 146: 84‐87)