Ethical issues in HIV
Dhai, A.; Noble, R.
Best Practice and Research. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology 19(2): 255-267
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1521-6934 PMID: 15778114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2004.10.001Document Number: 260491
The number of people with HIV/AIDS continues to increase globally. Women, who represent the subgroup with the fastest rate of increase, are usually informed of their serostatus by the obstetrician/gynaecologist. As treatment of infected women raises a number of ethical issues, an understanding of the theoretical background for ethical decision making is requisite to ensure these problems are resolved within a morally appropriate framework. Vigorous debate has arisen from the tensions between the competing goals of HIV testing, third party disclosure, management of the critically ill HIV-infected woman, infertility management in the background of HIV/AIDS, and gender-based violence as cause or result of acquiring HIV infection. Women may be differently empowered economically, socially and culturally. What may be a satisfactory solution in the context of the USA and Europe may be far from ideal in that of the developing world.
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