Mandatory HIV testing of patients and professionals: bringing ethics into practice.
A contemporary health dilemma, that of mandatory HIV testing of patients and professionals, is used as a focus for an ethics class. Background material which is given to students is described and referenced. The interjection of ethical theory is described. The exercise has provided an effective focus for medical and health professional undergraduate and postgraduates. It combines contemporary material with ethical theory, and so brings ethics into practice for students.
Berglund
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School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001315:Australia; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016602:Needlestick Injuries; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D013663:Teaching