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Encyclopedia > Sterilisation

Sterilization can mean:

  • Sterilization (surgical procedure) - an operation which renders an animal or human unable to procreate
  • Sterilization (microbiology) - the removal of microbiological organisms

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Sterilization (3159 words)
While not exactly within the confines of sterilization, the numbers indicate that the family planning program on the Navajo Reservation was definitely acquiring federal funds to carry on such a massive project.
In 1974, to set up safeguards, Congress defined the term "voluntary sterilization" to mean "...[the] requirement that the individual have at his disposal the information necessary to make his decision and the mental competence to appreciate the significance of that investigation" (DHEW report, 1978: 8).
Coercive sterilization can be defined by examples of testimony, but the burden of proof is on the patient that has her signature on the bottom of the page.
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