Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma

Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma

HIV stigmatization is one of the most notable barriers to individual testing, seriously impairing global efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Because stigmatization is strongly embedded in local cultural and social habits, humanitarian healthcare workers providing HIV testing, counselling and prev...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Catherine Olivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioéthiqueOnline 2013-07-01
Series:BioéthiqueOnline
Subjects:
HIV/AIDS
stigmatization
humanitarian
healthcare workers
low and middle income countries
Online Access:http://bioethiqueonline/2/12
id doaj-795fe83431f045f99930fb53105cc515
record_format Article
spelling doaj-795fe83431f045f99930fb53105cc5152020-11-25T00:14:38ZengBioéthiqueOnlineBioéthiqueOnline1923-27992013-07-01212Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigmaCatherine OlivierHIV stigmatization is one of the most notable barriers to individual testing, seriously impairing global efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Because stigmatization is strongly embedded in local cultural and social habits, humanitarian healthcare workers providing HIV testing, counselling and prevention programs in low and middle income countries (LMICs) have become a serious alternative to local healthcare providers. This case study addresses some of the ethical dilemmas that humanitarian healthcare workers face when confronted with HIV-associated stigma.http://bioethiqueonline/2/12HIV/AIDSstigmatizationhumanitarianhealthcare workerslow and middle income countries
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Catherine Olivier
spellingShingle Catherine Olivier
Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma
BioéthiqueOnline
HIV/AIDS
stigmatization
humanitarian
healthcare workers
low and middle income countries
author_facet Catherine Olivier
author_sort Catherine Olivier
title Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma
title_short Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma
title_full Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma
title_fullStr Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma
title_full_unstemmed Telling the truth about HIV? Testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma
title_sort telling the truth about hiv? testing and disclosure in a culture of stigma
publisher BioéthiqueOnline
series BioéthiqueOnline
issn 1923-2799
publishDate 2013-07-01
description HIV stigmatization is one of the most notable barriers to individual testing, seriously impairing global efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Because stigmatization is strongly embedded in local cultural and social habits, humanitarian healthcare workers providing HIV testing, counselling and prevention programs in low and middle income countries (LMICs) have become a serious alternative to local healthcare providers. This case study addresses some of the ethical dilemmas that humanitarian healthcare workers face when confronted with HIV-associated stigma.
topic HIV/AIDS
stigmatization
humanitarian
healthcare workers
low and middle income countries
url http://bioethiqueonline/2/12
work_keys_str_mv AT catherineolivier tellingthetruthabouthivtestinganddisclosureinacultureofstigma
_version_ 1725389508355031040

Similar Items