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Date of Publication: February 01, 1994
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Removing the uterus from mentally handicapped women : some ethical considerations
Abstract:
The Indian Express (5 February 1994) featured a story on proposed surgery on mentally handicapped women that weekend at the Sassoon General Hospital in Poona . Dr. Shirish Sheth, consultant obstetrician and gynecologist in Bombay was to remove the uterus from each of several such women.
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