What is voluntary sterilization? A health communication expert unpacks how a legacy of forced sterilization shapes doctor-patient conversations today
The term voluntary sterilization, referring to the choice to receive permanent birth control, arose as a contrast to the involuntary, or forced, sterilization that stems from the eugenics movement.
Elizabeth Hintz, Assistant Professor of Health Communication, University of Connecticut
• conversation
Dec. 9, 2022 • ~9 min
Dec. 9, 2022 • ~9 min
Sex talk: Common misunderstandings doctors confront about preventing pregnancy
Doctors hear many of the same basic questions about sex from their patients.
Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
• conversation
May 20, 2020 • ~7 min
May 20, 2020 • ~7 min
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