title: Examining Privacy Regulatory Frameworks in Canada in the Context of HIV.
abstract: In the process of receiving perinatal care, women living with HIV (WLWH) in Canada have experienced disclosure of their HIV status without their express consent. This disclosure often occurs by well-intentioned healthcare providers; however, from the perspective of WLWH, it is a breach of confidentiality and leaves WLWH to manage the consequences. This paper is a critical review of the regulatory and legislative infrastructure that exists to protect the personal health information of WLWH in Ontario and Canada; the recourse that WLWH have in the event that their confidentiality is breached; and potential approaches that could be applied to organize the system differently to decrease the chance of a privacy breach and to facilitate appropriate collection, use and disclosure of personal health information.
authors.affiliation: PhD Student, School of Social Work, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
authors.forename: Allyson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ion
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011247:Pregnancy