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Moving From Autonomy to Responsibility in HIV-Related Healthcare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2009

John F. Tuohey
John F. Tuohey
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an assistant professor in the Department of Theology at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
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No healthcare issue has generated as much ethical debate on the relationship between the individual and society as HIV Infection. In this debate, an appeal is most often made to such principles as autonomy and confidentiality to protect individuals who are HIV positive or who have AIDS from an invasion of privacy thought to be justified by society's need for information. In the first years, this emphasis on the protection of the individual was essential. Even today, there are risks in disclosing one's HIV status. However, as more and more persons become Infected, live longer, and move within the healthcare industry for non-HIV related care, as both patients and healthcare workers, the terms of the debate need to be redefined.

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Special Section: Beyond Autonomy
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , Winter 1995 , pp. 64 - 70
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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