TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV Infection, Pregnant Women, and Newborns
T2 - A Policy Proposal for Information and Testing
AU - Working Group on HIV Testing of Pregnant Women and Newborns
AU - Faden, Ruth R.
AU - Geller, Gail
AU - Acuff, Katherine
AU - Saah, Alfred
AU - Johnson, Timothy
AU - Repke, John
AU - Hutton, Nancy
AU - Modlin, John
AU - Wissow, Lawrence S.
AU - Allen, Anita
AU - Areen, Judith
AU - King, Patricia
AU - Powers, Madison
AU - Kass, Nancy
AU - Walters, Le Roy
PY - 1990/11/14
Y1 - 1990/11/14
N2 - As the public health impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in women and children has increased, so has interest in screening pregnant women and newborns for evidence of HIV infection. However, screening of pregnant women and newborns raises profound moral, legal, and policy issues. In this article, we present and defend a detailed 10-point program of policy recommendations for both pregnant women and newborns. We advocate informing all pregnant women and new mothers about the HIV epidemic and the availability of testing.
AB - As the public health impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in women and children has increased, so has interest in screening pregnant women and newborns for evidence of HIV infection. However, screening of pregnant women and newborns raises profound moral, legal, and policy issues. In this article, we present and defend a detailed 10-point program of policy recommendations for both pregnant women and newborns. We advocate informing all pregnant women and new mothers about the HIV epidemic and the availability of testing.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1990.03450180080033
DO - 10.1001/jama.1990.03450180080033
M3 - Article
C2 - 2231999
AN - SCOPUS:0025038815
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 264
SP - 2416
EP - 2420
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 18
ER -
