Common ethical dilemmas encountered in the management of HIV-infected women and newborns

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 411-419

  Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT RIGHT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENTS; AUTONOMY; AZT; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; DISADVANTAGED; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; OBLIGATIONS TO SOCIETY; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RIGHTS; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BENEFICENCE; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0029949287     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199606000-00013     Document Type: Review

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