PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Antibody
3 Jan 2017
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Ethical challenges: hiv testing: issues of voluntary vs. compulsory hiv testing. Point of testing lying in the subsequent use of knowledge of the test"s outcome. Respect for individual autonomy, accepts essentially that until there is a clear bene t to the infected individual from knowing about their infection, there is no paternalistic reason to implement mandatory testing. No bene t for the society at large, or no good public health reason for mandatory testing. Pregnant women: medical advances in mother-to-child transmission prevention ( mother-fetus con ict ) Access to con dential hiv tests and free or affordable mother-to-child transmission prevention drugs is increasing in developing countries (when pregnant women decline these opportunities, they risk very serious consequences for their child-to-be) Decision whether an hiv infection that is acquired during unsafe sexual encounters between consenting competent adults should be considered harm to self, or whether it should be seen as harm to others (harm to self vs. harm to others)
