Human care: an ethical reflexion on HIV/AIDS patients

Authors

  • Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Maria Lúcia Duarte Pereira Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Maria Grasiela Teixeira Barroso Universidade Estadual do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000400016

Keywords:

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, HIV, nursing, ethics

Abstract

This descriptive-reflexive study reflects on the importance of ethics in human care and its relation with HIV/AIDS patients, identifying the main concepts of ethics in human care and ethics in care for HIV/AIDS patients. Considering the clear need for care nowadays, current ideas present care as the human essence which is present in ethics. The emergence of Aids, an epidemic that cannot be cured yet, mobilizes society to concerns about privacy and confidentiality, including the need to reinforce ethical aspects, with a view to a better life quality for its patients. Ethical thinking is in line with scientific and technological evolution all over the world. In view of our reflections, we understood that ethics is part of our society and that human care needs to be linked up with ethics.

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Published

2005-08-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2005)

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Pinheiro, P. N. da C., Vieira, N. F. C., Pereira, M. L. D., & Barroso, M. G. T. (2005). Human care: an ethical reflexion on HIV/AIDS patients. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 13(4), 569-575. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000400016