ArticleAmerican journal of public health2007
Rethinking mandatory HIV testing during pregnancy in areas with high HIV prevalence rates: ethical and policy issues.
Article in American journal of public health, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Stigma, Structural Vulnerability, and "What Matters Most" Among Women Living With HIV in Botswana, 2017.American journal of public health · 2021Article
- To Tell, or Not to Tell; Confidentiality in an Iranian HIV Positive Patient: A Viewpoint.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2017Article
- Ethical issues surrounding the provider initiated opt--Out prenatal HIV screening practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: a literature review.BMC medical ethics · 2015Review
- The complexity of consent: women's experiences testing for HIV at an antenatal clinic in Durban, South Africa.AIDS care · 2010Article
- The necessity of HIV testing in Iranian pregnant women and its ethical considerations.Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine · 2009Article
- Questioning mandatory HIV testing during pregnancy.American journal of public health · 2008Article
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Abstract
We analyzed the ethical and policy issues surrounding mandatory HIV testing of pregnant women in areas with high HIV prevalence rates. Through this analysis, we seek to demonstrate that a mandatory approach to testing and treatment has the potential to significantly reduce perinatal transmission of HIV and defend the view that mandatory testing is morally required if a number of conditions can be met. If such programs are to be introduced, continuing medical care, including highly active antiretroviral therapy, must be provided and pregnant women must have reasonable alternatives to compulsory testing and treatment. We propose that a liberal regime entailing abortion rights up to the point of fetal viability would satisfy these requirements. Pilot studies in the high-prevalence region of southern African countries should investigate the feasibility of this approach.
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