Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant woman

Few studies discuss, through participation and advocacy of HIV-positive individuals, situations involving conflict about their reproductive rights and the work of health care teams. This study aimed at understanding the motivations that led a serodiscordant woman to choose pregnancy, even being awar...

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Main Authors: Elen Soraia de Menezes Cabral, Alda Martins Gonçalves, Juliana Dias Reis Pessalacia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2012-04-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3813
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Alda Martins Gonçalves
Juliana Dias Reis Pessalacia
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description Few studies discuss, through participation and advocacy of HIV-positive individuals, situations involving conflict about their reproductive rights and the work of health care teams. This study aimed at understanding the motivations that led a serodiscordant woman to choose pregnancy, even being aware of the risks to mother and fetus. It’s a qualitative study, adopting the case study as a methodological strategy. The historical and dialectical materialism served as theoretical framework for the analysis. The discussions were based on the model of principlist bioethics. Reflections on autonomy point to a conflicting issue between individual rights and risks for the future baby; gender and power; feminine submission and dependence, and social stigma about the disease still prevails. We concluded that professionals should be based on actual historical and social conditions, providing autonomy and recognizing rights and cultural values of those involved.
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spelling doaj-art-e3abe6f52ec34132b78364f25ba651792025-08-21T13:34:06ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832012-04-01132Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant womanElen Soraia de Menezes CabralAlda Martins GonçalvesJuliana Dias Reis PessalaciaFew studies discuss, through participation and advocacy of HIV-positive individuals, situations involving conflict about their reproductive rights and the work of health care teams. This study aimed at understanding the motivations that led a serodiscordant woman to choose pregnancy, even being aware of the risks to mother and fetus. It’s a qualitative study, adopting the case study as a methodological strategy. The historical and dialectical materialism served as theoretical framework for the analysis. The discussions were based on the model of principlist bioethics. Reflections on autonomy point to a conflicting issue between individual rights and risks for the future baby; gender and power; feminine submission and dependence, and social stigma about the disease still prevails. We concluded that professionals should be based on actual historical and social conditions, providing autonomy and recognizing rights and cultural values of those involved.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3813Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromePregnancyGender IdentitySocial StigmaPersonal Autonomy.
spellingShingle Elen Soraia de Menezes Cabral
Alda Martins Gonçalves
Juliana Dias Reis Pessalacia
Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant woman
Rev Rene
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Pregnancy
Gender Identity
Social Stigma
Personal Autonomy.
title Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant woman
title_full Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant woman
title_fullStr Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant woman
title_full_unstemmed Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant woman
title_short Women autonomy and aids: motivations for pregnancy in a HIV serodiscordant woman
title_sort women autonomy and aids motivations for pregnancy in a hiv serodiscordant woman
topic Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Pregnancy
Gender Identity
Social Stigma
Personal Autonomy.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3813
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