AIDS and discrimination

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Abstract

Discrimination toward people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a global ethical problem. Such discrimination is not limited to any particular context, but takes place in multiple scenarios, including healthcare settings. For clinicians to remedy HIV- and AIDSrelated discrimination within their clinics, they must understand what discrimination is and how it may be addressed pragmatically. The following chapter provides a pragmatic approach to solving problems of discrimination that occur within clinical contexts toward persons living with HIV/AIDS. This approach includes an overview of stigma and discrimination, as well as suggestions to help clinicians practically address and remedy this type of discrimination. A survey of the problem of discrimination pertaining to people living with HIV or AIDS is followed by a definition and discussion of a pragmatic approach to ethics in the area of discrimination. Considerations are provided for clinicians that promote reducing discrimination and the effects of discrimination within the clinical dynamic of HIV care. In conclusion, a series of reflective questions is provided for use by students and clinicians with the aim of improving service to those impacted by HIV infection.

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