title: 'Opt-out' testing lacks patient-friendly system.
abstract: The hugely welcome government-led initiative to pro-actively offer 'opt-out' HIV testing to patients at its clinics and hospitals needs hefty back-up resources to ensure patient retention and earlier presentation.
authors.affiliation: HMPG. chrisb@hmpg.co.za
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bateman
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013019:South Africa