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6709424

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Knowledge of the issues involving sterilization for mentally retarded adolescents is limited. Data were obtained from 69 interviewed parents whose mentally retarded daughters were attending the Cincinnati Adolescent Clinic. (A companion paper focuses on the experience of these girls with sexual activity, sexual abuse, and contraceptive use.) Forty-six percent of the parents had considered sterilization for their daughters. Twenty-six percent were still seeking the operation. Interest in sterilization especially correlated with increased severity of retardation (P less than .005) and with difficulty teaching menstrual hygiene (P less than .005). Parents of mildly retarded females sought tubal ligation, and those with severely retarded daughters chose hysterectomy and stressed their concern about menstrual management. Eighty-five percent of the parents favored a state statute that would enable sterilization under certain conditions and limitations. In general, few parents supported either an extremely restrictive or permissive position about sterilization.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0031-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
451-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Issues in fertility control for mentally retarded female adolescents: II. Parental attitudes toward sterilization.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports