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Bioethik in den USA (German, Paperback)
Hans-Martin Sass; Introduction by Edmund D. Pellegrino; Contributions by Robert M.Cook- Deegan, H.Tristram Engelhardt, R Faden, …
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Whether, with whom, and when to have children are among the most
precious of our private decisions. Increasingly, however, the
interest of others in these decisions raise difficult questions
about the role of government and health professionals in
influencing reproductive choice. Nowhere is this tension felt more
keenly than in the context of HIV and AIDS. This book takes on the
tough issues related to HIV and childbearing: Is there a moral
right to have children? What are the limits of persuasion? Are
there constitutional constraints on interference with reproduction?
What are the precedents with restricting the childbearing behavior
of women who use drugs? The book includes original work by doctors,
lawyers, ethicists, and public health professionals. Also included
are the experiences of HIV-infected women and their health care
providers. Interviews were conducted over a two-year period with
HIV-infected women and with health care providers from four cities
to examine what issues of childbearing in the context of HIV mean
to them. The book is divided into four sections on medical and
public health issues, legal issues, ethical and social issues, and
comments from the community. It concludes with recommendations for
clinical practice and public policy. Public policy makers, health
care providers, practitioners in bioethics, pediatrics, health law,
and obstetrics/gynecology will find this book invaluable when
dealing with issues related to HIV and childbearing.
The proliferation of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
among women and children represents one of the gravest health
issues confronting contemporary society. Women, most of
childbearing age, now constitute 11 percent of all cases, and the
U.S. Public Health Service has projected over 3,000 cases of
pediatric AIDS by the end of 1991. In the face of these sobering
statistics, experts have been called upon to grapple with a
difficult, compelling question: under what conditions, if any,
should HIV testing of women and children be required? Also at issue
are the surreptitious testing for HIV antibodies as part of routine
prenatal and neonatal examinations, and whether such testing should
be performed on all women and infants, or only those who belong to
groups judged at "high risk." In this unique contribution to the
debate about HIV screening and testing, Ruth Faden, Madison Powers,
and Gail Geller have assembled perspectives from experts in public
health, medicine, law, and ethics. Their wide-ranging treatment
examines the history of prenatal and neonatal screening programs;
informed consent; legal issues and confidentiality; reproductive
decision-making; and numerous other aspects of HIV testing.
Alternative policy options for both now and the future are
discussed in detail. This volume provides a comprehensive analysis
of these pressing medical, public health, legal, ethical, and
social issues, and is essential reading for AIDS researchers and
clinicians, public health specialists, ethicists, health
policymakers and analysts, obstetricians, and pediatricians.
Clearly argued and written in nontechnical language, this book
provides a definitive account of informed consent. It begins by
presenting the analytic framework for reasoning about informed
consent found in moral philosophy and law. The authors then review
and interpret the history of informed consent in clinical medicine,
research, and the courts. They argue that respect for autonomy has
had a central role in the justification and function of informed
consent requirements. Then they present a theory of the nature of
informed consent that is based on an appreciation of its historical
roots. An important contribution to a topic of current legal and
ethical debate, this study is accessible to everyone with a serious
interest in biomedical ethics, including physicians, philosophers,
policy makers, religious ethicists, lawyers, and psychologists.
This timely analysis makes a significant contribution to the debate
about the rights of patients and subjects.
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