Routine antenatal HIV testing and informed consent: an unworkable marriage?
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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The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester, M16 8DX, United Kingdom. Rebecca.Bennett@manchester.ac.uk
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology