HIV and AIDS, Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality -

HIV and AIDS, Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality

Buch | Softcover
302 Seiten
2001
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924314-3 (ISBN)
52,95 inkl. MwSt
An international team of eighteen doctors, philosophers, and lawyers present a fresh and thorough discussion of the ethical, legal, and social issues raised by testing and screening for HIV and AIDS. They aim to point the way to practical advances but also to give an accessible guide for those new to the debate.
The series:
General Editors: John Harris, University of Manchester; Soren Holm, University of Manchester.
Consulting Editor: Ranaan Gillon, Director, Imperial College Health Service, London.
North American Consulting Editor: Bonnie Steinbock, Professor of Philosophy, SUNY, Albany.

The late twentieth century has witnessed dramatic technological developments in biomedical science and the delivery of health care, and these developments have brought with them important social changes. All too often ethical analysis has lagged behind these changes. The purpose of this series is to provide lively, up-to-date, and authoritative studies for the increasingly large and diverse readership concerned with issues in biomedical ethics--not just health care trainees and professionals, but also social scientists, philosophers, lawyers, social workers, and legislators. The series will feature both single-author and multi-author books, short and accessible enough to be widely read, each of them focused on an issue of outstanding current importance and interest. Philosophers, doctors, and lawyers from several countries already feature among the contributors to the series. It promises to become the leading channel for the best original work in this burgeoning field.

This book:
Testing and screening for HIV and AIDS give rise to ethical, legal, and social issues of the most controversial and delicate kind. An international team of eighteen doctors, philosophers, and lawyers present a fresh and thorough discussion of these issues; they aim to show the way to practical advances but also to give an accessible guide to the debates for readers new to them. The contributors pay particular attention to the sensitive nature of the information yielded by a test for HIV antibody. They consider such questions as these: Are we under an obligation to disclose our HIV status if known? Can there be a moral justification for the breaching of confidentiality in certain circumstances? Should health care professionals be forced to undergo HIV testing? Is there a right to remain in ignorance of one's HIV status? Consideration of such questions illuminates not only public policy and medical practice in connection with HIV and AIDS, but also broader issues about professional ethics and individual rights in other medical and social contexts. The breadth and depth of the research represented and the lucidity of the arguments put forward make this a key resource for academic researchers and healthcare professionals alike.

Rebecca Bennett is a Lecturer in Bioethics at the University of Manchester. Charles A. Erin is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Philosophy at the Faculty of Law, University of Manchester.

AIDS: ETHICS, JUSTICE, AND EUROPEAN POLICY': SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.2.2001
Reihe/Serie Issues in Biomedical Ethics
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 137 x 217 mm
Gewicht 407 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Medizinrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-19-924314-X / 019924314X
ISBN-13 978-0-19-924314-3 / 9780199243143
Zustand Neuware
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