Disclosure of HIV status to an infected child: Medical, psychological, ethical, and legal perspectives in an era of "super-vertical" transmission

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Mitchell, Charles D ^a   Daniel Armstrong, F ^a   Goodman, Kenneth W ^b   Cava, Anita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; FATHER; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FATHERS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MINORS; MOTHERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449104467     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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41. Copies of the policy regarding disclosure can be obtained by contacting the corresponding author at cmitchell@med.miami.edu.