Rethinking Criminalization of HIV Exposure — Lessons from California’s New Legislation
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Criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure: research and policy agenda.
More than half of US jurisdictions have laws criminalizing knowing exposure to or transmission of HIV, yet little evidence supports these laws' effectiveness in reducing HIV incidence. These laws may undermine prevention efforts outlined in the US National HIV/AIDS Strategy, in which the United States has invested substantial federal funds. Future research should include studies of (1) the impa...
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________________________________________________________ Rabbi Shalom C Spira ([email protected].) is a research assistant at the McGill University AIDS Centre in the Jewish General Hospital of Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Mark A Wainberg (corresponding author, [email protected]) is the director of the McGill University AIDS Centre, and a professor of medicine at McGill University. Cri...
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عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1716981