Gene/Protein
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Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
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Drug
Enzyme
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Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
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Enzyme
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Query: UMLS:C0277787 (
stigma
)
13,352
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The principle of individual medical confidentiality is one of the moral principles that Africa inherited unquestioningly from the West as part of Western medicine. The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa has reduced the relevance of the principle of individual medical confidentiality. Individual medical confidentiality has especially presented challenges for practitioners among the
Bantu
communities that are well known for their social inter-connectedness and the way they value their extended family relations. Individual confidentiality has raised several unforeseen problems for persons living with HIV/AIDS, ranging from
stigma
and isolation to feelings of dejection as it drives them away from their families as a way of trying to keep information about their conditions confidential. The involvement of family members in treatment decisions is in line with the philosophy of Ubuntu and serves to respect patients' and families' autonomy while at the same time benefiting the individual patient.
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PMID:HIV/AIDS reduces the relevance of the principle of individual medical confidentiality among the Bantu people of Southern Africa. 1904 91
