Cold Comfort for Healthcare Workers? Medico-Ethical Dilemmas Facing a Healthcare Worker after Occupational Exposure to HIV


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Madiba TE, Jack CL, Vawda YA

Series/Journal Title:

South African Family Practice

Volume:

53

Issue:

6

Pages:

5

Description:

This paper discusses the ethical and legal constraints on a healthcare worker who has been occupationally exposed to possible HIV infection in circumstances where the patient will not/is not in a position to give consent to be tested to establish his/her HIV status, which is a prerequisite for the healthworker to receive postexposure prophylaxis in South Africa. [adapted from abstract]

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Geographic Focus

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