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The instrumental uses of autonomy: A review of AIDS law and policy in Europe

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UNSPECIFIED (2002) The instrumental uses of autonomy: A review of AIDS law and policy in Europe. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 55 (8). pp. 1425-1434.

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This paper reviews the changing role of the ethical value of autonomy in law and policy relating to AIDS in a number of European jurisdictions. In the early years of the epidemic the autonomy of infected and at-risk persons, and of social groups was promoted as a means of reducing the spread of HIV in the general population. Accordingly, autonomy was deemed worthy of respect for instrumental reasons. This means-end calculation was premised on the lack of medical therapies, as well as the need to avoid discrimination in order to prevent at-risk persons from "going underground". In law, this instrumentalisation of autonomy was reflected in a specific application of the proportionality test applied in administrative and human rights law, that is, imposing coercive or discriminatory measures would be disproportionate, or even inimical, to the goal of reducing the spread of HIV. This was a contingent analysis, strongly informed by the state of medical knowledge at the time, as well as by the relative power of professionals, health bureaucrats and lay activists. With the introduction of effective therapies such as the Highly Active Retroviral Therapy and Zidovudine, the terms of the proportionality analysis have changed decisively. As a result, it is now more likely than before that coercive measures will be implemented. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
H Social Sciences
Journal or Publication Title: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
ISSN: 0277-9536
Official Date: October 2002
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October 2002UNSPECIFIED
Volume: 55
Number: 8
Number of Pages: 10
Page Range: pp. 1425-1434
Publication Status: Published

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