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(8 pp) Whether society has determined it is in the
best interest of the pregnant mother or the
vulnerable infant, discussion is now pending
concerning the need of mandatory or voluntary
screening of HIV during pregnancy. The author
will examine those views recorded in Canada and the
United States. Bibliography lists 12 sources
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voluntary screening of HIV during pregnancy. The author will examine those views recorded in Canada and the United States. The "normalization" of HIV testing In doing this particular research
concerning voluntary and mandatory screening, it is surprising to discover that Canada and the United States take a slightly different approach to informing a pregnant woman concerning HIV testing.
In general the patient in the United States will be presented with a lab slip on which a number of items are checked, most of these are usually blood tests,
and the lab slip is simply an indication which tests are to be done be the clinician. A literature review shows that while Canada may follow a similar in office
procedure, practitioners do feel a need to make sure that the patient does know that one of the tests that will be done on the blood sample that she provides
will be for an HIV screening. The literature shows that Canadians are adamant about recording that the patient involved has specifically given her consent for this particular testing.
While the same may indeed be done within the office of US practitioners, it is not specifically emphasized in the literature, and rather seems at the discretion or time allowances
of the practitioner in the States. The Canadian argument presented is, that if the patient is not aware that HIV is included in the blood work-up, then it tends to
make HIV one of the "normal" blood tests. According to Hoffmeister (2000), the "normalization" of HIV testing, would be treating it the same as testing for any other disease or
condition, when the social contexts within which HIV testing takes place and the social realities with which people who test positive live are just not the same." Although admitting
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