title: Rapid HIV screening at the point of care: legal and ethical issues.
abstract: In March 2000, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network released a comprehensive report entitled Rapid HIV Screening at the Point of Care: Legal and Ethical Issues. The release of the report coincided with the issuing of the first license to sell rapid HIV test kits in Canada for use by health-care professionals at the "point of care," and received considerable media attention. The report makes 23 recommendations to federal and provincial/territorial health officials, health-care professionals and their professional associations and regulatory bodies, and test kit manufacturers, with a view to ensuring that the potential benefits of this testing technology are maximized and the potential harms are prevented or minimized. We reproduce here the executive summary of the report.
authors.affiliation: ralfj@aidslaw.ca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jürgens
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods*; D002170:Canada; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic