The childbearing decisions of HIV-infected women raise troubling ethical, social, legal and medical questions. Is there a moral right to have chldren? What are the limits of persuasion? The book includes original work by doctors, lawyers, ethicists, and public health professionals, as well as the experiences of HIV-infected women and health care providers which puts the issues in context. Having laid out the problems comprehensively, the book makes recommendations for clinical practice and public policy
| ISBN: | 9780195099584 |
| Publication date: | 8th August 1996 |
| Author: | Ruth R The Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Johns Hopkins University Senior Research Scholar, T Faden |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 512 pages |
| Genres: |
Medical ethics and professional conduct Health, illness and addiction: social aspects Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases |