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. 2007 Aug;33(8):446-8.
doi: 10.1136/jme.2006.018861.

Routine antenatal HIV testing and informed consent: an unworkable marriage?

R Bennett  1
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Routine antenatal HIV testing and informed consent: an unworkable marriage?

R Bennett. J Med Ethics. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

This paper considers the ethics of routine antenatal HIV testing and the role of informed consent within such a policy in order to decide how we should proceed in this area--a decision that ultimately rests on the relative importance we give to public health goals on the one hand and respect for individual autonomy on the other.

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