Mandatory HIV testing in pregnancy: Is there ever a time?

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Armstrong, Russell ^a  

^a Box 868 ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV AIDS; Mandatory testing; Newborn; Rights; Sub Saharan Africa; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MANDATORY TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MANDATORY TESTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 40249115076     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2007.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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