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Prophylactic Desexualizing Mastectomy for an Intellectually Disabled Woman: Protective Measure or Disregard for Autonomy?

Historically, sterilization of the so-called feeble-minded has been advocated in the name of eugenics. Surrogate decision-making that impacts sexuality of the intellectually disabled presents significant ethical dilemmas. We describe a 19-year-old intellectually disabled woman who presented with her...

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Autores principales: Allam, Omar, Gudbranson, Emily, Long, Aaron S., Alperovich, Michael, Avraham, Tomer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9126510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35620504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004347