Blood donation, deferral, and discrimination: FDA donor deferral policy for men who have sex with men.
Am J Bioeth
; 10(2): 29-39, 2010 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20131170
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policy prohibits blood donation from men who have had sex with men (MSM) even one time since 1977. Growing moral criticism claims that this policy is discriminatory, a claim rejected by the FDA. An overview of U.S. blood donation, recent donor deferral policy, and the conventional ethical debate introduce the need for a different approach to analyzing discrimination claims. I draw on an institutional understanding of injustice to discern and describe five features of the MSM policy and its FDA context that contribute to its discriminatory effect. I note significant similarities in the 1980s policy of deferring Haitians, suggesting an historical pattern of discrimination in FDA deferral policy. Finally, I point to changes needed to move toward a nondiscriminatory deferral policy.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Preconceito
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Comportamento Sexual
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Doadores de Sangue
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Infecções por HIV
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Homossexualidade Masculina
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Seleção do Doador
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Política de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Limite:
Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Caribe
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Haiti
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Bioeth
Assunto da revista:
ETICA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos