Rethinking HIV exceptionalism: The ethics of opt-out HIV testing in sub-saharan africa;Repenser l'exceptionnalisme du VIH: L'éthique de pouvoir refuser un test VIH en Afrique subsaharienne

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 703-708

  April, Michael D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FREEDOM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATERNALISM; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATERNALISM; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77956939603     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.073049     Document Type: Article

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