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 clinicalpractice and public policy
Part I:: Medical and Public Health Issues; The Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in Women; The Clinical Course of HIV Infection in Women; Gynecologic and Obstetrical Issues in HIV-Infected Women; Health Prospects for Children Born to HIV-Infected Women; Psychosocial Issues for Children Born to HIV-Infected Women; Access to and Utilization of Health Services by HIVB-Infected Women; Drug Use, HIV Status and Reproduction; Part II:: Legal Issues; Legal Challenges:: State Intervention, Reproduction, and HIV-Infected Women; Reproductive Choice and Reality:: An Assessment of Tort Liability for Health-Care Providers and Women with HIV-AIDS; Perinatal Drug Use:: State Interventions and the Implications for HIV-Infected Women; Part III:: Ethical and Social Issues; Clinical Counseling and the Problem of Autonomy-Negating Influence; The Moral Right to Have Children; Reproductive Choices of Adolescent Females with HIV/AIDS; Moral Multiculturalism, Childbearing, and AIDS; Part IV::Voices from the Community; Practices and Opinions of Health Care Providers Serving HIV-Infected Women; In Womens Wards:: The Values and Life Experiences of HIV-Infected Women; Part V:: Conclusion; HIV Infection and Childbearing:: A Proposal for Public Policy and Clinical Practice - The Working Group;
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