Routine Antenatal HIV Testing and Informed Consent: an Unworkable Marriage?

Overview

Journal J Med Ethics

Publisher BMJ Publishing Group

Specialty Medical Ethics

Date 2007 Aug 1

PMID 17664300

Citations 6

Authors

R Bennett

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Abstract

This paper considers the ethics of routine antenatal HIV testing and the role of informed consent within such a policy in order to decide how we should proceed in this area--a decision that ultimately rests on the relative importance we give to public health goals on the one hand and respect for individual autonomy on the other.

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