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Those pressing for change had argued that a paradigm of testing that had emerged at a time when little could be done for those infected with HIV was inappropriate to the current moment. Those who viewed with skepticism, if not hostility, the claims that current practice and stringent ethical standards had become an impediment to effectively confronting the challenge of AIDS saw in the proposed changes a threat to the bedrock ethical principles of informed consent. In the end, of course, decisions about HIV testing will be taken by nation - states, with the recommendations of international organizations constituting but one element, however important, that will shape policy. Nevertheless, an examination of the history and the dynamics of the recent controversy and its outcome will provide a unique resource to those faced with policy choices; it will also provide a unique opportunity to lay bare the complex and politically charged relationships evolving between public health and human rights.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1215\/03616878-2009-002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,18]],"date-time":"2009-05-18T20:06:18Z","timestamp":1242677178000},"page":"301-323","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":62,"title":["HIV Testing, Human Rights, and Global AIDS Policy: Exceptionalism and Its Discontents"],"prefix":"10.1215","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Ronald","family":"Bayer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claire","family":"Edington","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"73","reference":[{"key":"2022033015112874600_","unstructured":"Bayer, R. 1989. 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