essay
The nonconsenting sterilization of Mexican women in Los Angeles: issues of psychocultural rupture and legal redress in paternalistic behavioral environments
Twice a minority : Mexican American women • St. Louis, Missouri • Published In 1980 • Pages: 235-248
By: Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The nonconsenting sterilization of Mexican women in a Los Angeles public medical center, and the resulting law suit against the hospital, is the primary focus of this study. Prior to the trial Vélez-I. was asked by the plintiff's lawyers to act as a consulting cultural antropologist for their clients assessing the possible cultural and social ramifications of the sterilization process on the lives of the ten women involved in the litigation. The data gathered by the author were later submitted at the trial but were largely ignored by the judge whose judicial decision came out in favor of the defendants (the medical center). Details of the author's preliminary findings, the trial itself, the legal personnel involved, and the text of the judge's decision are all described in this document.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social personality
- Population policy
- Legal and judicial personnel
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- Trial procedure
- Conception
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Nov. 1, 1977-May 30, 1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Carlos G. Vélez-I.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 248)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80011177
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans