Cold Comfort for Healthcare Workers? Medico-Ethical Dilemmas Facing a Healthcare Worker after Occupational Exposure to HIV
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
South African Family Practice
Volume:
53
Issue:
6
Copyright:
2011
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]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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