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Testing Public Health Ethics: Why the CDC's HIV Screening Recommendations May Violate the Least Infringement Principle
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Testing Public Health Ethics: Why the CDC's HIV Screening Recommendations May Violate the Least Infringement Principle

Matthew W. Pierce, Suzanne Maman, Allison K. Groves, Elizabeth J. King and Sarah C. Wyckoff
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics, v 39(2), pp 263-271
22 Jun 2011
PMID: 21561521

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The CDC's HIV screening recommendations for health care settings advocate abandoning two important autonomy protections: (1) pretest counseling and (2) the requirement that providers obtain affirmative agreement from patients prior to testing. The recommendations may violate the least infringement principle because there is insufficient evidence to conclude that abandoning pretest counseling or affirmative agreement requirements will further the CDC's stated public health goals.

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