Voluntary Sterilization Of A Young, Unmarried Man: Ethical Considerations

Abstract: 6 pages in length. Gregory X, who is twenty-five years old, unmarried, and childless, wants a vasectomy. He goes to Dr. H, a urologist in a clinic in a large city hospital, because he cannot afford the surgery elsewhere. He tells Dr. H that he decided, after several years of thought, never to be a parent. The vasectomy will now ensure that and make it necessary for any woman he loves to run the various risks associated with the available means of contraception. Dr. H has doubts about performing the surgery on a young, unmarried man. He asks Gregory X to consider the feelings of a possible future wife who will not have any say about the sterilization decision. Gregory X insists on the surgery. What, if any, ethical obligation is Dr. H under with regard to performing

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Catagory: Disease, Treatment, & Epidemiology

Subcatagory: Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

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