Routine antenatal HIV testing and informed consent: an unworkable marriage?
- 30 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Ethics
- Vol. 33 (8), 446-448
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2006.018861
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.Keywords
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