Ten reasons to oppose the criminalization of HIV exposure or transmission

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 163-172

  Jürgens, Ralf ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^b   Cameron, Edwin ^c   Burris, Scott ^d   Clayton, Michaela ^e   Elliott, Richard ^f   Pearshouse, Richard ^g   Gathumbi, Anne ^h   Cupido, Delme ⁱ  

^a HIV   (Canada)

^b OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

^c Constitutional Court of South Africa ^*  (South Africa)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa   (Namibia)

^f Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network   (Canada)

^g Research and Policy   (Canada)

^h Open Society Initiative for East Africa and the OSI Law and Health Initiative   (Kenya)

ⁱ Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

criminal law; HIV AIDS; human rights; law and policy; women's health

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUNISHMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX EDUCATION; TRUST; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 71049122390     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34462-6     Document Type: Article

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