Use of assisted reproductive technology to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV in discordant couples wishing to have their own children where the male partner is seropositive with an undetectable viral load

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 315-320

  Baker, H W G ^a   Mijch, A ^b   Garland, S ^c   Crowe, S ^d   Dunne, M ^d   Edgar, D ^c   Clarke, G ^c   Foster, P ^c   Blood, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0347844985     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.6.315     Document Type: Article

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