PMID- 15914310
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051110
LR  - 20081121
IS  - 1353-1131 (Print)
IS  - 1353-1131 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 3
DP  - 2005 Jun
TI  - Ethical issues related to HIV/AIDS: case reports.
PG  - 149-52
AB  - The continents of Africa and Asia have the highest number of HIV infected persons 
      in the world. Worldwide there are 42 million and 29.7 million (70%) are in sub 
      Saharan Africa [United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS). Available from: www.unaids.org]. 
      The stigma and discrimination attached to HIV/AIDS are hampering control of the 
      disease. Family life has greatly been disrupted by the pandemic. AIDS causes 
      illness, disability and death as well as severe economic and emotional 
      disruptions to the families. The epidemic is well established in South Africa. 
      The mortality will be doubled over the next five years. A broad range of coercive 
      measures has been considered to be applied internationally in the interest of 
      controlling the spread of HIV. Responsibility of the employers to their HIV/AIDS 
      employees at workplace, choice of termination of pregnancy when a woman is HIV 
      positive, attitude of health care provider to their HIV infected patients, 
      informed consent for taking blood to protect from transmission of infection in a 
      case of accidental prick, and forced resignation from employment, are discussed 
      in this manuscript. The ethical problems are highlighted, and possible solutions 
      recommended.
FAU - Meel, B L
AU  - Meel BL
AD  - Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 
      University of Transkei, P/Bag X1 Unitra, Umtata 5100, South Africa. 
      meel@getafix.utr.ac.za
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20050319
PL  - Scotland
TA  - J Clin Forensic Med
JT  - Journal of clinical forensic medicine
JID - 9434927
SB  - IM
MH  - Abortion, Induced
MH  - Adult
MH  - Employment
MH  - *Ethics
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*epidemiology/*transmission
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control
MH  - Informed Consent
MH  - Male
MH  - Needlestick Injuries/complications
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - *Prejudice
MH  - South Africa/epidemiology
EDAT- 2005/05/26 09:00
MHDA- 2005/11/11 09:00
CRDT- 2005/05/26 09:00
PHST- 2005/05/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/11/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/05/26 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1353-1131(04)00144-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jcfm.2004.10.018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Forensic Med. 2005 Jun;12(3):149-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2004.10.018. Epub 
      2005 Mar 19.