‘I’m committed to her and the family’: positive accounts of vasectomy among New Zealand men

@article{Terry2011ImCT,
  title={‘I’m committed to her and the family’: positive accounts of vasectomy among New Zealand men},
  author={G. Terry and V. Braun},
  journal={Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology},
  year={2011},
  volume={29},
  pages={276 - 291}
}
  • G. Terry, V. Braun
  • Published 2011
  • Medicine
  • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
    • Background: More than 15 years ago, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) identified men’s involvement with reproductive and contraceptive tasks as vital for improving women’s reproductive health worldwide. The uptake of vasectomy provides one measure of men’s involvement in reproductive and contraceptive actions, but uptake requires the negotiation of a complex set of social and psychological meanings related to masculinity, sexuality and contraceptive involvement… CONTINUE READING
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