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Testing and screening for HIV and AIDS give rise to ethical, legal, and social issues of the most controversial and delicate kind. An international team of eighteen doctors, philosophers, and lawyers present a fresh and thorough discussion of these issues; they aim to show the way to practical advances but also to give an accessible guide to the debates for readers new to them. The contributors pay particular attention to the sensitive nature of the information yielded by a test for HIV antibody. They consider such questions as these: Are we under an obligation to disclose our HIV status if known? Can there be a moral justfication for the breaching of confidentiality in certain circumstances? Should health care professionals be forced to undergo HIV testing? Is there a right to remain in ignorance of one's HIV status? Consideration of such questions illuminates not only public policy and medical practice in connection with HIV and AIDS, but also broader issues about professional ethics and individual rights in other medical and social contexts.The breadth and depth of the research represented and the lucidity of the arguments put forward make this a key resource for academic researchers and healthcare professionals alike.The late twentieth century has witnessed dramatic technological developments in biomedical science and the delivery of health care, and these developments have brought with them important social changes. All too often ethical analysis has lagged behind these changes. The purpose of this series is to provide lively, up-to-date, and authoritative studies for the increasingly large and diverse readership concerned with issues in biomedical ethics-not just health care trainees and professionals, but also social scientists, philosophers, lawyers, social workers, and legislators. The series will feature both single-author and multi-author books, short and accessible enough to be widely read, each of them focused on an issue of outstanding current importance and interest. Philosophers, doctors, and lawyers from several countries already feature among the contributors to the series.It promises to become the leading channel for the best original work in this burgeoning field. This text combines an international team of doctors, philosophers and lawyers to present a fresh and thorough discussion of the ethical, legal and social issues raised by testing and screening for HIV and AIDS.

Confidential communications --- HIV infections --- HIV Infections --- AIDS Serodiagnosis. --- Confidentiality. --- Ethics, Medical. --- Mass Screening. --- Physicians. --- Diagnosis --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Law and legislation. --- diagnosis. --- aids (HIV) --- ethiek van het onderzoek (onderzoeksethiek) --- recht (wetgeving, rechtspraak, rechtsbeginselen, juridische aspecten, aansprakelijkheid) --- sociale context --- onderzoek --- Aids --- Medische ethiek --- sida (VIH) --- éthique de la recherche --- droit (aspects juridiques, législation, jurisprudence, principes de droit, responsabilité) --- context social --- recherche --- Sida --- Ethique médicale --- Aids serodiagnosis. --- Ethics, medical. --- Hiv infections --- Mass screening. --- Diagnosis. --- HIV (Viruses) infections --- HTLV-III infections --- HTLV-III-LAV infections --- Human T-lymphotropic virus III infections --- Doctor-patient privilege --- Patient-physician privilege --- Physician-patient privilege --- Physicians --- Diagnosis&delete& --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Social aspects --- Law and legislation --- Lentivirus infections --- Sexually transmitted diseases --- Medical ethics --- Medical laws and legislation

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This collection examines questions of medical accountability and ethics. It analyses how the criminal justice system regulates health care practice, and to what extent it is appropriate to use it as a tool to resolve ethical conflict in health care.

Medical personnel --- Medical care --- Medical laws and legislation --- Criminal justice, Administration of. --- Malpractice. --- Law and legislation --- Criminal provisions. --- Administration of criminal justice --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Justice, Administration of --- Crime --- Criminal law --- Criminals --- Law, Medical --- Medical registration and examination --- Medicine --- Physicians --- Surgeons --- Medical policy --- Medical jurisprudence --- Delivery of health care --- Delivery of medical care --- Health care --- Health care delivery --- Health services --- Healthcare --- Medical and health care industry --- Medical services --- Personal health services --- Public health --- Medical malpractice --- Medical negligence --- Tort liability of medical personnel --- Malpractice --- Medical errors --- Legal status, laws, etc.