The ethical, legal and human rights concerns raised by licensing HIV self-testing for private Use

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2014, Pages

  Allais, Lucy ^a   Venter, Francois ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coercion; Ethics; HIV self testing; Human rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MASS SCREENING; SELF CARE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SELF CARE;

EID: 84904391399     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0823-y     Document Type: Article

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