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General Reports
         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Autonomy and confidentiality: patients' perspectives.
Abdalrahman IB, Osman AM, Ali BM,  et al
Trop Doct. 2014 Dec 23. pii: 0049475514564641
 Abstract

Autonomy, Paternalism, and Justice: Ethical Priorities in Public Health.
Buchanan DR
.Am J Public Health. 2008 Jan;98(1):15-21.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Ethics needs principles--four can encompass the rest--and respect for autonomy should
be "first among equals"
Gillon R
J Med Ethics 2003;29:307-312
 Paper
Respect
         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Moral responsibility and respect for autonomy: meeting the communitarian challenge.
Guathier CC.
 Kennedy Inst Ethics J 2000 Dec;10(4):337-52
Abstract
Respect
         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Moral responsibility and respect for autonomy: meeting the communitarian challenge.
Guathier CC.
 Kennedy Inst Ethics J 2000 Dec;10(4):337-52
Abstract
Gender
         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Intersections of gender and age in health care: adapting autonomy and confidentiality for
the adolescent girl.
Pinto KC. 
Qual Health Res. 2004 Jan; 14(1): 78-99.
 Abstract
Patient Access to Medical Information
 
      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Ethics and diagnosis related groups.
Lenk C, Biller-Andorno N, Alt-Epping B,et al
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2005 Jul 8;130(27):1653-5.
 Abstract

Whose information is it anyway? Informing a 12-year-old patient of her terminal prognosis.
Goldie J, Schwartz L, Morrison J. 
J Med Ethics. 2005 Jul;31(7):427-34
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Treatment Decisions
         

Adults

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Patient autonomy and the challenge of clinical uncertainty.
Parascandola M, Hawkins J, Danis M.
Kennedy Inst Ethics J 2002 Sep;12(3):245-64
 Abstract
 
HIV/AIDS patient involvement in antiretroviral treatment decisions.
Marelich WD, Johnston Roberts K, Murphy DA, Callari T.
AIDS Care 2002 Feb;14(1):17-26
 Abstract
 

Pregnant Women
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

"She made up a choice for me": 22 HIV-positive women's experiences of involuntary sterilization in two South African provinces.
 Strode A, Mthembu S, Essack Z.
 Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):61-9
 Abstract 

Postmortem cesarean section with infant survival: a case report of an HIV-infected patient
Esposito MA, DeLony R, Goldstein PJ
Md Med J 1997 Oct;46(9):467-7
Abstract 

Children

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
How paediatric residents involve children during medical decision-making?
Andre N, Gaudart J, Bernard JL, Chabrol B. 
Arch Pediatr. 2005 Jul;12(7):1068-107
 Abstract 

Fairness and reasonableness of the child's decision:' a proposed legal standard for
children's participation in medical decision making 
Walker NE, Doyon T.
Behav Sci Law 2001;19(5-6):611-36
Abstract 

Forced Treatment
         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Force-Feeding, Autonomy, and the Public Interest.
Gross ML.
N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 12.
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"She made up a choice for me": 22 HIV-positive women's experiences of involuntary sterilization in two South African provinces.
 Strode A, Mthembu S, Essack Z.
 Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):61-9
 Abstract 

Treating competent patients by force: the limits and lessons of Israel’s Patient’s
Rights Act
Gross ML  
J Med Ethics 2005;31:29-34
 Abstract
HIV Testing
         

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
HIV exceptionalism, CD4+ cell testing, and conscientious subversion
Jansen LA 
J Med Ethics 2005;31 322-326
 Abstract

Anonymous versus confidential HIV testing: client and provider decision making under
uncertainty.
Grusky O, Roberts KJ, Swanson AN
 AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2005 Mar;19(3):157-66.
 Abstract
Reproductive Choices
         
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Should HIV discordant couples have access to assisted reproductive technologies?
Spriggs M,  Charles T
Journal of Medical Ethics (Prepublication Archives)
 Paper
 
Use of assisted reproductive technology to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV in
discordant couples wishing to have their own children where the male partner is
seropositive with an undetectable viral load.
Baker HW, Mijch A, Garland S, et al  
J Med Ethics. 2003 Dec;29(6):315-320
 Abstract 
 
Should HIV discordant couples have access to assisted reproductive technologies?
Spriggs M, Charles T.
J Med Ethics. 2003 Dec;29(6):325-329.
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE   
How men's power over women fuels the HIV epidemic.
Gupta GR.
 BMJ 2002 Jan 26;324(7331):183-4        
Commentary
Infant Circumcision
         
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  A covenant with the status quo? Male circumcision and the new BMA guidance to doctors
Fox M, Thomson M 
J Med Ethics2005;31:463-469;
 Abstract		  
Autonomy and the Law
         
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The instrumental uses of autonomy: A review of AIDS law and policy in Europe.
Harrington J.
 Soc Sci Med 2002 Oct;55(8):1425
 Abstract		  
Autonomy and Religion
         
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Children of Jehovah's Witnesses and adolescent Jehovah's Witnesses: what are their
rights?
Woolley S.
Arch Dis Child. 2005 Jul;90(7):715-9.
Abstract		  
Provider-Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia
         
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Oregon hospice chaplains' experiences with patients requesting physician-assisted suicide.
 Carlson B, Simopolous N, Goy ER
J Palliat Med. 2005 Dec;8(6):1160-6.
Abstract
 
Prevalence and content of written ethics policies on euthanasia in Catholic healthcare
institutions in Belgium (Flanders).
Gastmans C, Lemiengre J,
van der Wal G, et al  
Health Policy. 2005 Oct 8;
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician
assisted suicide: Changes in BMA policy on assisted dying
Sommerville A 
BMJ  2005;331:681-683
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician
assisted suicide: Time for change
Branthwaite MA 
BMJ  2005;331:681-683 
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician
assisted suicide: Legalised euthanasia will violate the rights of vulnerable patients
George RJD, Finlay IG, Jeffrey D  
BMJ  2005;331:684-685
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The complexity of nurses' attitudes toward euthanasia: a review of the literature.
Berghs M, Dierckx de Casterle B, Gastmans C.
J Med Ethics. 2005 Aug;31(8):441-6
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
When is physician assisted suicide or euthanasia acceptable?
Frileux S,  Lelievre C,  Munoz Sastre MT, et al
J Med Ethics 2003;29:330-336
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