AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinions Related to “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America”
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: The AMA Code of Medical Ethics offers guidance on HIV screening that respects patient autonomy and protects public health in Opinion 8.1, "Routine Universal Screening for HIV."This article examines the relationship between this opinion and the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America initiative and discusses the Code's guidance on the role that physicians can play in diagnosing and treating patients with HIV and mitigating the stigma surrounding the disease.Ending the HIV Epidemic As of 2018, more than 700 000 people in the United States had died from HIV/AIDS, and an estimated 1.2 million Americans were living with HIV.1,2 In 2019, the president proposed $291 million in new funding for fiscal year 2020 for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE), a new initiative that would leverage landmark biomedical and scientific research advances across HHS agencies and offices to tackle the HIV epidemic.2,3 American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Medical Ethics' opinions describe how physicians can help combat the HIV epidemic through testing, treatment, and dismantling the stigma of the disease, all of which work in conjunction with the EHE initiative.
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Author: Robert Dinallo
Institution: University of Chicago
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3159823832