Research Catalog

Title

HIV and AIDS testing, screening, and confidentiality / edited by Rebecca Bennett and Charles A. Erin.

Publication

New York ; Oxford University Press : Oxford : Clarendon Press ; 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bennett, Rebecca
• Erin, Charles A.

Description

xvi, 285 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Issues in biomedical ethics

Uniform Title

Issues in biomedical ethics.

Subject

• HIV infections > Diagnosis > Moral and ethical aspects
• HIV infections > Law and legislation
• HIV infections > Diagnosis > Social aspects
• Confidential communications > Physicians
• HIV Infections > diagnosis
• AIDS Serodiagnosis
• Mass Screening
• Ethics, Medical
• Confidentiality

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction / Rebecca Bennett and Charles A. Erin -- 2. HIV Testing and Screening: Current Practicalities and Future Possibilities / Gerald Corbitt -- 3. Counselling and HIV Testing: Ethical Dilemmas / Lorraine Sherr -- 4. HIV Screening: Benefits and Harms for the Individual and the Community / Catherine Manuel -- 5. HIV Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality: An American Perspective / Edward P. Richards, III -- 6. Compensation and Consent: A Brief Comparative Examination of Liability for HIV-Infected Blood / Dieter Giesen -- 7. Individual Responsibility for Health / Inez de Beaufort -- 8. Is Society Responsible for My Health? / Soren Holm -- 9. HIV/AIDS and the Point and Scope of Medical Confidentiality / Anton Vedder -- 10. Can Health Care Workers Care for Their Patients and Be Advocates of Third-Party Interests? / Medard T. Hilhorst -- 11. HIV Infection and the Health Care Worker: The Case for Limited Disclosure / Calliope C. S. Farsides --
• 12. Fiduciary Relationship: An Ethical Approach and a Legal Concept? / Margaret Brazier and Mary Lobjoit -- 13. Ethical Aspects of the Use of 'Sensitive Information' in Health Care Research / Soren Holm and Peter Rossel -- 14. AIDS and Insurance / Tom Sorell and Heather Draper -- 15. Should We routinely Test Pregnant Women for HIV? / Rebecca Bennett -- 16. Who Should Know about My HIV Positivity and Why? / Heta Hayry -- 17. Is There a Right to Remain in Ignorance of HIV Status? / Charles A. Erin -- Annexe. 'AIDS: Ethics, Justice, and European Policy': Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations.

ISBN

0198238010

LCCN

98046291

OCLC

• 243499621
• ocn243499621
• SCSB-4785907

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries