HIV, AIDS and Childbearing

Ruth R. Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H., is the Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Bioethics Institute at Johns Hopkins University. From 1994-1995, she was appointed by President Clinton to chair the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. Dr. Faden has published extensively in ethics and health policy, research ethics, and health behavior. Nancy E. Kass, Sc.D., is Assistant Professor in the Program in Law, Ethics, and Health of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Kass has conducted research and authored numerous publications in bioethics and health policy, with particular focus on issues related to HIV and genetics. She also testifies and conducts advocacy work with Maryland's AIDS Legislative Committee.

Part I: Medical and Public Health Issues ; 1. The Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in Women ; 2. The Clinical Course of HIV Infection in Women ; 3. Gynecologic and Obstetrical Issues in HIV-Infected Women ; 4. Health Prospects for Children Born to HIV-Infected Women ; 5. Psychosocial Issues for Children Born to HIV-Infected Women ; 6. Access to and Utilization of Health Services by HIVB-Infected Women ; 7. Drug Use, HIV Status and Reproduction ; Part II: Legal Issues ; 8. Legal Challenges: State Intervention, Reproduction, and HIV-Infected Women ; 9. Reproductive Choice and Reality: An Assessment of Tort Liability for Health-Care Providers and Women with HIV-AIDS ; 10. Perinatal Drug Use: State Interventions and the Implications for HIV-Infected Women ; Part III: Ethical and Social Issues ; 11. Clinical Counseling and the Problem of Autonomy-Negating Influence ; 12. The Moral Right to Have Children ; 13. Reproductive Choices of Adolescent Females with HIV/AIDS ; 14. Moral Multiculturalism, Childbearing, and AIDS ; Part IV:Voices from the Community ; 15. Practices and Opinions of Health Care Providers Serving HIV-Infected Women ; 16. In Women's Wards: The Values and Life Experiences of HIV-Infected Women ; Part V: Conclusion ; 17. HIV Infection and Childbearing: A Proposal for Public Policy and Clinical Practice - The Working Group