The Ethics of Breastfeeding by Women Living with HIV/AIDS: A Concrete Proposal for Reforming Department of Health and Human Services Recommendations.

Authors :: Gostin, Lawrence O.
Kavanagh, Matthew M.
Cook-Deegan, Robert
Majumder, Mary A.
McGuire, Amy L.
Source :: Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics; Spring2019, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p161-164, 4p
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: A review of the article "Breastfeeding with HIV: An Evidence-Based Case for New Policy" by Dr. Marielle Gross and others, which appears in the same issue of the journal, is presented, and it mentions the ethics of breastfeeding and health benefits for women living with HIV.

Subjects :: BREASTFEEDING
HIV infection transmission
MEDICAL ethics
HIV infection risk factors
HIV-positive persons
INFORMED consent (Medical law)
SOCIAL justice
WOMEN'S health
VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases)
PATIENT autonomy
CHILDREN

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