@article {Smith:July 2006:1471-1893:184,
	author = "Smith, Rebekah A.",
	author = "Martindale, Elizabeth A.",
	title = "Outcomes of women referred for sterilisation",
	journal = "Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care",
	volume = "32",
	year = "July 2006",
	abstract = "<B>Objective</B>: To evaluate whether women referred to a gynaecology clinic requesting sterilisation were receiving appropriate counselling about sterilisation and other forms of long-term contraception, and to determine the proportion of women who ultimately underwent sterilisation.<P></P><B>Methods</B>: A retrospective audit of 100 women referred requesting sterilisation.<P></P><B>Results</B>: 15% of women referred did not attend the clinic, 54% had sterilisation and 29% ultimately chose an alternative method. Alternative forms of contraception discussed were levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (69%), vasectomy (34%) and subdermal progestogen implants (21%). At the clinic 70 (82%) women chose sterilisation; however, 15 (21%) of these women cancelled the operation.<P></P><B>Conclusions</B>: Almost half of the women referred for sterilisation did not proceed with it, suggesting that there was insufficient counselling about sterilisation and alternative long-term contraception before referral to the gynaecology clinic and also within the clinic itself.",
	pages = "184-185(2)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ffp/jfp/2006/00000032/00000003/art00016"
	doi = "doi:10.1783/147118906777888260"
}