This paper presents a case study of the unintended repercussions of one woman s tuhectomy operation on her family. In the village in Punjab where the author worked, women reported experience of pain in the pelvic area and lower back region after the operation. This affected their work capacity and thereby their relationship within the family to their children and to their husbands.
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