title: HIV testing of hospital patients.
abstract: This article sets out the issues involved in the development of hospital policy that will allow or require human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing of patients in hospital. It considers the shared and competing interests of patients and staff, and the obligations of employers to worker health and safety. It shows that hospitals are in a position to influence the definition of the public interest in this matter.
authors.affiliation: Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D002961:Civil Rights; D004630:Emergencies; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011057:Politics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012945:Social Values
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies