HIV and AIDS Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality

by Bennett, Rebecca; Erin, Charles A.

• ISBN13: 9780198238010
• ISBN10: 0198238010
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-10
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	xi
Introduction	1	(20)
Rebecca Bennett
Charles A. Erin
HIV Testing and Screening: Current Practicalities and Future Possibilities	21	(18)
Gerald Corbitt
Counselling and HIV Testing: Ethical Dilemmas	39	(22)
Lorraine Sherr
HIV Screening: Benefits and Harms for the Individual and the Community	61	(14)
Catherine Manuel
HIV Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality: An American Perspective	75	(16)
Edward P. Richards, III
Compensation and Consent: A Brief Comparative Examination of Liability for HIV-Infected Blood	91	(16)
Dieter Giesen
Individual Responsibility for Health	107	(18)
Inez de Beaufort
Is Society Responsible for My Health?	125	(15)
S&phis;ren Holm
HIV/AIDS and the Point and Scope of Medical Confidentiality	140	(9)
Anton Vedder
Can Health Care Workers Care for Their Patients and Be Advocates of Third-Party Interests?	149	(17)
Medard T. Hilhorst
HIV Infection and the Health Care Worker: The Case for Limited Disclosure	166	(13)
Calliope C. S. Farsides
Fiduciary Relationship: An Ethical Approach and a Legal Concept?	179	(21)
Margaret Brazier
Mary Lobjoit
Ethical Aspects of the Use of `Sensitive Information' in Health Care Research	200	(16)
S&phis;ren Holm
Peter Rossel
AIDS and Insurance	216	(12)
Tom Sorell
Heather Draper
Should We routinely Test Pregnant Women for HIV?	228	(12)
Rebecca Bennett
Who Should Know about My HIV Positivity and Why?	240	(11)
Heta Hayry
Is There a Right to Remain in Ignorance of HIV Status?	251	(16)
Charles A. Erin
Annexe: `AIDS: Ethics, Justice, and European Policy': Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations	267	(4)
Bibliography	271	(10)
Index	281