title: Switzerland: Exclusion of a healthcare professional because he was HIV-positive.
abstract: People who live with HIV routinely encounter barriers to occupations in the health care sector. In this article, which is based on a workshop presentation, Caroline Suter discusses a Swiss case in which a young man was denied access to training as an operating room technician (ORT) because he was HIV-positive.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Aids Federation, Zurich. caroline.suter@aids.ch
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suter
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011363:Professional Impairment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013557:Switzerland