Comprehensive STD/HIV Prevention Education Targeting US Adolescents: review of an ethical dilemma and proposed ethical framework

Adolescents are increasingly at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The prolonged latency period, sometimes in excess of five years, and the incubation period of up to 10 years before the manifestation of symptoms, may foster adolesc...

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Authors: Brown, Emma J (Author) ; Simpson, Edith M (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2000
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 339-349
Further subjects:B Ethics
B legal precedence
B Adolescents
B Sex Education
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