Document 0194
 DOCN  M9590194
 TI    Confidentiality, privacy, and public health; is law a help or a
       hindrance?
 DT    9509
 AU    Neave M; Monash University.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1994 Nov 3-6;6:79 (unnumbered
       abstract). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM6/95291905
 AB    This paper discusses the legal issues raised by two recent cases; the
       first of which involved patient to patient transmission and the second
       of which involved an HIV-infected health care worker. The paper examines
       whether law can resolve the complex issues raised by these cases and the
       extent to which existing legal rules actually contribute to breaches of
       confidence and discrimination. It suggests that law can provide only
       limited protection to people with HIV/AIDS and that medical
       practitioners and health care may need to make substantial behavioural
       changes in the future.
 DE    Confidentiality/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  *Disease Transmission,
       Patient-to-Professional/LEGISLATION &  JURISPRUD  Human  HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION  Patient
       Advocacy/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Patient Care Team/LEGISLATION &
       JURISPRUD  Prejudice  Public Health/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

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