MANDATORY HIV TESTING IN PRISONS

Mandatory HIV testing: an Orwellian proposition.

Mandatory HIV testing and occupational therapists.

OBJECTIVES As the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increases, so does the prevalence of HIV-positive health care workers. This study explored what effect this will have on occupational therapy service provision. Attitudes and policies of 118 occupational therapy administrators were examined in relation to mandatory testing for HIV, attitudes on treating HIV-positive patients, wo...

HIV testing and counselling in prisons and other closed settings

Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in June 2006,2 governments endorsed the scaling up of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support with the goal of coming as close as possible to universal access by 2010. Achieving this goal requires participation by all stakeholders, including prison systems. Greater access to HIV testing and counselling for prisoners is an essential com...

HIV testing and counselling in prisons and other closed settings

Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in June 2006,2 governments endorsed the scaling up of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support with the goal of coming as close as possible to universal access by 2010. Achieving this goal requires participation by all stakeholders, including prison systems. Greater access to HIV testing and counselling for prisoners is an essential com...

Drug Testing in Prisons

REASONS GIVEN IN DEFENCE OF TESTING The reasons most frequently given for instituting random drug testing programmes are based on the argument that it is a good tool for controlling drug problems because it offers inmates a valid excuse to avoid either drug use or participation in drug trafficking, and it assists in protecting inmates' access to programmes and transfers to lower security prison...