The provision of services to persons with mental retardation and subsequent infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 79 (4) , 491-494
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.4.491
Abstract
We present the first reported cases of individuals with mental retardation who have subsequently become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The implications of this finding for agencies which provide services to persons with mental retardation are described. Where conflicts arise, the authors propose that ethical review committees provide consultation to service agencies who must ultimately determine how they will provide for the needs of their clients.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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