Finding a vein or obtaining consent: a qualitative study of hepatitis C testing in GP methadone clinics | Zendy

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Finding a vein or obtaining consent: a qualitative study of hepatitis C testing in GP methadone clinics

Author(s) -

Mark Perry,

Carolyn ChewGraham

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

family practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955

H-Index - 100

eISSN - 1460-2229

pISSN - 0263-2136

DOI - 10.1093/fampra/cmg508

Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , methadone , qualitative research , beneficence , informed consent , context (archaeology) , denial , nursing , psychiatry , alternative medicine , autonomy , psychology , pathology , psychotherapist , paleontology , social science , sociology , political science , law , biology

Informed consent is a professional norm, but the promotion of testing for infectious disease in organized clinics and the introduction of targets for uptake, such as those for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in antenatal clinics, might impair truly voluntary consent. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is highly prevalent among intravenous drug users (IDUs) and the 'offer' of a serological test for HCV antibodies is now seen as a national standard within drug misuse services, including GP methadone clinics. We hoped that GPs' descriptions of the context and offer of HCV testing could provide an exploratory study of consent within primary care clinics.

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