Ethical Challenges of HIV Partner Notification in Prisons.
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care
; 18: 2325958219880582, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
Partner services provide a safe and humane way for people living with HIV (PLWH) to alert their sex and/or drug-injecting partners to the possibility of HIV exposure and the need for HIV testing, yet little is known about the ethical challenges of delivering partner services in prisons. In this article, we consider 7 key ethical and methodological questions that should be considered when developing, testing, or implementing partner services in prison settings. These questions relate to the ethics of (1) mandatory HIV testing, (2) health illiteracy, (3) level of prison staff involvement, (4) protecting confidentiality, (5) minimizing harm, (6) achieving equivalency with community standards of care, and (7) providing HIV prevention and treatment services to index patient and their partners. By assisting PLWH in prison to inform partners with whom they may have shared HIV exposure either before or during incarceration, partner services can help to identify cases of undiagnosed HIV infection for testing and linkage to medical care. The acceptability and effectiveness of a future partner services model for PLWH in prison depends critically on answering these 7 questions to assure the highest ethical standards of research and practice.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prisiones
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Prisioneros
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Parejas Sexuales
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Infecciones por VIH
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Notificación de Enfermedades
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Análisis Ético
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos