臨床研究と生命倫理ジャーナル

概要

Hysterectomy of Mentally Disabled Female: An Ethical Dilemma

Anna Rana*

Menstrual hygiene of mentally disabled female is one of the important concerns for their care providers that need to be addressed. Performing hysterectomy of such individuals’ is becoming a trend of society that arises many ethical questions. This commentary paper is based on a case of an adult female, who is unable to perform her menstrual hygiene. Therefore, this paper aims to address this scenario from an ethical, global, and Islamic perspective and attempts to provide a reasonable justified and systematic framework to make sound decisions in similar cases.