[Sterilization as a method of contraception. Results of consultations on the desire for vasectomy]

A prerequisite for medical agreement with the desire for vicarious sterilization of the male is the procedure which has become known as the Hamburg model, in which the discussion between doctor and the married couple assumes a pre-eminent role. The operation is performed by a second doctor who did not participate in the consultation and is consequently impartial. There is no accquiescence on the medical side if, for example, the marital situation must be considered as tense, if the ideas of the couple on the finality associated with vasectomy are aboslutely unsatisfactory, and if the decision as a partnership is expressly rejected and instead the freedom of the individual is given primary importance. Both partners must have the opportunity for repeated confidential consultation before the written agreement is signed.