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General Reports
         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Ethical issues associated with HIV phylogenetics in HIV transmission dynamics research: A review of the literature using the Emanuel Framework.
Mutenherwa F, Wassenaar DR, de Oliveira T.
Dev World Bioeth. 2018 Mar 26.
Abstract

Prioritization of high-cost new drugs for HCV: making sustainability ethical.
Craxì L, Sacchini D, Refolo P,
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2016 Mar;20(6):1044-51.
Abstract

Ethical Issues in the Response to Ebola Virus Disease in US Emergency Departments: A Position Paper of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Emergency Nurses Association and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Venkat A, Wolf L, Geiderman JM, Asher SL,  et al

J Emerg Nurs. 2015 Mar;41(2):e5-e16.
Abstract

Good medical ethics, justice and provincial globalism.
Ruger JP.
J Med Ethics. 2015 Jan;41(1):103-6.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A scoping study to identify opportunities to advance the ethical implementation and scale-up of HIV treatment as prevention: priorities for empirical research.
Knight R, Small W, Pakula B,  et al
BMC Med Ethics. 2014 Jul 3;15(1):54.
Paper

Post-Trial Access to Antiretrovirals; Who Owes What to Whom?
Millum J. 

Bioethics
. 2009 Jul
Abstract


Confidentiality
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Paternalistic breaches of confidentiality in prison: mental health professionals' attitudes and justifications.
Elger BS, Handtke V, Wangmo T.

J Med Ethics
. 2015 Jan 13. pii: medethics-2013-101981
Abstract

Autonomy and confidentiality: patients' perspectives.
Abdalrahman IB, Osman AM, Ali BM,  et al

Trop Doct. 2014 Dec 23. pii: 0049475514564641
Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus disclosure and patient confidentiality in orthopaedic procedures.
O'Reilly MP, Farrell CL, Garrett MR, Khanuja HS.

J Bone Joint Surg Am
. 2009 Dec;91(12):3005-7.

Abstract

Confidentiality and children with HIV.
Mighten J. 
Paediatr Nurs
. 2009 Jun;21(5):14-8
Abstract

 

Disclosure
         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of, and barriers to the disclosure of HIV status to infected children and adolescents in a district of Ghana.
Gyamfi E, Okyere P, Enoch A, Appiah-Brempong E.
BMC Int Health Hum Rights
. 2017 Apr 8;17(1
Paper

Awareness and understanding of HIV non-disclosure case law among people living with HIV who use illicit drugs in a Canadian setting.
Patterson S, Kaida A, Ogilvie G, et al

Int J Drug Policy
. 2017 Mar 28;43:113-121.
Abstract

Disclosure of HIV Status Beyond Sexual Partners by People Living with HIV in France: A Call for Help? Results from the National Cross-Sectional Survey ANRS-VESPA2
Marcellin F, Suzan-Monti M, Vilotitch A, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2016 Sep 10
Abstract

Non-Disclosure of HIV Status and Associations with Psychological Factors, ART Non-Adherence, and Viral Load Non-Suppression Among People Living with HIV in the UK.
Daskalopoulou M, Lampe FC, Sherr L, et al
AIDS Behav. 2016 Sep 1.
Abstract

Ethical and Psychosocial Considerations in Informing HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children That They Were Exposed to HIV and Antiretroviral Medications In Utero.
Klitzman R, Mellins CA, Philbin MM, et al
Am J Public Health
. 2016 Aug;106(8):1390-6.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The impact of criminalization of HIV non-disclosure on the healthcare engagement of women living with HIV in Canada: a comprehensive review of the evidence.
Patterson SE, Milloy MJ, Ogilvie G, et a
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J Int AIDS Soc
. 2015 Dec 22;18(1):20572.
Paper

Intimate relationships in young adults with perinatally acquired HIV: a qualitative study of strategies used to manage HIV disclosure.
Greenhalgh C, Evangeli M, Frize G,  et al

AIDS Care
. 2015 Oct 7:1-6
Abstract

Disclosure and Self-Efficacy Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Comparison Between Older and Younger Adults.
Brown MJ, Serovich JM, Kimberly JA, Umasabor-Bubu O.

AIDS Patient Care STD
S
. 2015 Sep 8.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
HIV disclosure as practice and public policy.
Adam BD, Corriveau P, Elliott R,et al  

Crit Public Health
. 2015 Aug 8;25(4):386-397
Paper

The Efficacy of Serostatus Disclosure for HIV Transmission Risk Reduction.
O'Connell AA, Reed SJ, Serovich JA.

AIDS Behav
. 2014 Aug 28
Abstract

Caregivers' Intentions to Disclose HIV Diagnosis to Children Living with HIV in South Africa: A Theory-Based Approach.
Jemmott Iii JB, Heeren GA, Sidloyi L,  et al 
AIDS Behav
. 2013 Dec 6
Abstract

HIV Status Disclosure Among Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Carballo-Diéguez A, Balán IC,  et al

AIDS Educ Prev
. 2013 Dec;25(6):457-67
Abstract

Are we allowed to disclose?': a healthcare team's experiences of talking with children and adolescents about their HIV status.
Watermeyer J .
Health Expect
. 2013 Oct 1.
Abstract

Factors Associated with HIV Status Disclosure to One's Steady Sexual Partner in PLHIV in Morocco.
Loukid M, Abadie A, Henry E,  et al

J Community Health
. 2013 Aug 3.
Abstract

Disentangling Reactions to HIV Disclosure: Effects of HIV Status, Sexual Orientation, and Disclosure Recipients' Gender.
Wilson S, Derlega VJ, Woody A, Lewis R, et al

J Health Psychol
. 2013 Feb 19.
Abstract

If, when and how to tell: a qualitative study of HIV disclosure among young women in Zimbabwe.
Zamudio-Haas S, Mudekunye-Mahaka I, Lambdin BH, Dunbar MS.
Reprod Health Matters
. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):18-26.
Abstract

Interviews with family members: a fundamental tool for planning the disclosure of a diagnosis of HIV/Aids for children and adolescents
Galano E, De Marco MA, Succi RC,  et al
Cien Saude Colet
. 2012 Oct;17(10):2739
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Disclosure experience in a convenience sample of Quebec-born women living with HIV:
a phenomenological study.

Rouleau G, Côté J, Cara C.  et al
BMC Womens Health
. 2012 Oct 18;12(1):37
Paper

Disclosure of Their HIV Status to Infected Children: A Review of the Literature.
Pinzón-Iregui MC, Beck-Sagué CM, Malow RM.
J Trop Pediatr
. 2012 Oct 15.
Abstract

Serostatus Disclosure Among Adults with HIV in the Era of HIV Therapy.
Shacham E, Small E, Onen N,  et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2011 Nov 22.
Abstract

Disclosure of Parental HIV Infection to Children: A Systematic Review of Global Literature.
Qiao S, Li X, Stanton B.
AIDS Behav. 2011 Oct 21

Abstract

Understanding HIV disclosure: A review and application of the Disclosure Processes
Model.
Chaudoir SR, Fisher JD, Simoni JM.

Soc Sci Med
. 2011 Apr 6.
Abstract 

 

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Duty to Treat
 

Medical Officers

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The challenges and ethical dilemmas of a military medical officer serving with a peacekeeping
operation in regard to the medical care of the local population

Tobin
J  
Journal of Medical Ethics 2005;31:571-574;
Abstract

Duty to Protect
         

General Reports
 
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  A comparative analysis of biomedical research ethics regulation systems in Europe and Latin
America with regard to the protection of human subjects.
Lamas E, Ferrer M, Molina A,  et al 

J Med Ethics
. 2010 Aug 26
Abstract

Children/Adolescents

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  

 
Who Will Speak for Me? Improving End-of-Life Decision-Making for Adolescents With HIV
and Their Families.
Lyon ME, Garvie PA, McCarter R, et al
Pediatrics
. 2009 Feb;123(2):e199-206.
Abstract

 

 


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