A Reason for Hope? a Legal and Ethical Implementation of the Hiv Organ Policy Equity Act
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 609 I. BACKGROUND ..................................................................................... 611 A. Organ Transplantation in the United States ................................ 611 B. The HOPE Act ............................................................................. 615 II. THE HIV POPULATION, DISCRIMINATION, AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION ............................................................................. 618 A. The Law and HIV Stigma ............................................................ 619 B. Donation ...................................................................................... 621 C. Organ Transplantation ................................................................ 622 III. LEGAL AND ETHICAL FRAMEWORK..................................................... 625 A. Autonomy ..................................................................................... 626 B. Utility; Beneficence and Non-Maleficence .................................. 630 C. Justice .......................................................................................... 634 IV. IMPLEMENTING THE HOPE ACT .......................................................... 640 A. Autonomy ..................................................................................... 641 B. Utility; Beneficence and Non-Maleficence .................................. 643 C. Justice .......................................................................................... 646 D. Providing HIV-Positive Organs to HIV-Negative Patients? ....... 650 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................... 654
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