{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,11]],"date-time":"2025-09-11T18:50:12Z","timestamp":1757616612864,"version":"3.44.0"},"reference-count":9,"publisher":"BMJ","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care"],"accepted":{"date-parts":[[2006,1,16]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2006,7]]},"abstract":"\n Objective<\/jats:title>\n 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.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n A retrospective audit of 100 women referred requesting sterilisation.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n 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.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n 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.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1783\/147118906777888260","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,7,18]],"date-time":"2006-07-18T19:43:51Z","timestamp":1153251831000},"page":"184-185","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Outcomes of women referred for sterilisation"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Rebekah A","family":"Smith","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth A","family":"Martindale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2006,7,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","article-title":"Male and Female Sterilisation (National Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline No. 4)","author":"of Obstetricians, Royal College; (RCOG, Gynaecologists","year":"2004","unstructured":"Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). 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Chapters relating to cancer and cardiovascular risks of hormonal contraception and contraception for young people and older women were less absorbing, having been covered in recent CEU Guidance documents.","article-title":"The first section is the largest, comprising 15 chapters. Personal highlights included Kaye Wellings\u2019 overview of NATSAL 2000, Geraldine Barrett\u2019s account of developing a British validated measure of unplanned pregnancy, and Ellie Lee\u2019s section on late abortion. Diana Mansour writes a comprehensive provider\u2019s overview, illustrating the astonishing history of contraceptive services in the UK, the impact of the National Sexual Health and HIV Strategy and GMS contract on service provision, the role of the Faculty in developing\/maintaining standards and training, and the regulatory bodies concerned with prescribing. Chapters relating to cancer and cardiovascular risks of hormonal contraception and contraception for young people and older women were less absorbing, having been covered in recent CEU Guidance documents"},{"key":"ref_8","article-title":"The Art of Sex Coaching: Expanding Your Practice. P Britton","author":"0-393-70451-3","year":"2005","unstructured":"The Art of Sex Coaching: Expanding Your Practice. P Britton. New York, NY: W W Norton and Company, 2005. ISBN: 0-393-70451-3. Price: \u00a319.99. Pages: 218 (hardback)"},{"key":"ref_9","unstructured":"I suspect that when I read the title of this book my biases were alerted, but I did find the approach superficial and lacking in a scientific basis. However, there is a core thread that has value. Sex is not discussed much in society. Some people have difficulties with it and may seek help to change things. 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