HIV and AIDS Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality

by Rebecca Bennett, Charles A. Erin

Overview

Testing and screening for HIV and AIDS give rise to ethical, legal, and social issues of the most controversial and delicate kind. In this book, an international team of eighteen doctors, philosophers, and lawyers present a fresh and thorough discussion of these issues; they aim to show the way to practical advances but also to provide an accessible guide to the debates for readers new to them. They pay particular attention to the sensitive nature of the information yielded by a test for the HIV antibody. Together the essays illuminate not only public policy and medical practice in connection with HIV and AIDS, but also broader issues about professional ethics and individual rights in other medical and social contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198238010
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/10/1999
Series:	Issues in Biomedical Ethics
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

both at the University of Manchester

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Rebecca Bennett and Charles A. Erin2. HIV Testing and Screening: Current Practicalities and Future Possibilities, Gerald Corbitt3. Counselling and HIV Testing: Ethical Dilemmas, Lorraine Sher4. HIV Screening: Benefits and Harms for the Individual and the Community, Catherine Manuel5. HIV/AIDS Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality: An American Perspective, Edward P. Richards III6. Compensation and Consent: A Brief Comparative Examination of Liability for HIV-Infected Blood, Dieter Giesen7. Individual Responsibility for Health, Inez de Beaufort8. Is Society Responsible for My Health?, Søren Holm9. HIV/AIDS and the Point and Scope of Medical Confidentiality, Anton Vedder10. Can Counsellors Care for their Patients and Be Advocates of Third-Party Interests?, Medard T. Hilhorst11. Screening, Testing, and Health Care Professionals, Calliope C. S. Farsides12. Fiduciary Relationship: An Ethical Approach and a Legal Concept, Margaret Brazier and Mary Lobjoit13. Ethical Aspects of the Use of ‘Sensitive Information' in Health Care Research, Søren Holm and Peter Rossel14. AIDS and Insurance, Tom Sorell and Heather Draper15. Should We Routinely Test Pregnant Women for HIV?, Rebecca Bennett16. Who Should Know About My HIV Positivity and Why?, Heta Häyry17. Is There a Right to Remain in Ignorance of HIV Status, Charles A. ErinAnnexe: AIDS, Ethics, Justice, and European Policy: Summary of Conclusions and RecommendationsBibliographyIndex