Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
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PDF
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Report
The paper demonstrates that promoting the well-being of both drug users and communities requires changes to drug laws and policies, including the introduction of safe injection facilities.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The paper attempts to determine how health-care and service providers confront ethical dilemmas on a practical level; and to provide, based on their responses, a general set of ethical decision-making guidelines.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
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PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESThe 1st Annual Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human RightsHouse of Commons Committee Releases Report on Canada’s Drug StrategyHIV/AIDS in Prisons: Recent DevelopmentsCANADIAN NEWSCanada Refuses to Issue a Visa to an HIV-Positive...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
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PDF
These questions and answers explain how forced HIV testing is a serious violation of constitutional rights and rules of professional ethics. They also provide information about occupational exposure to HIV, about how information about the source person can — and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
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PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESHIV Vaccines: Current Challenges and Future DirectionsDrug Policy in Canada — The Way ForwardHIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination — The Epidemic ContinuesHIV/AIDS in Prisons: More New DevelopmentsHIV Vaccines in Canada: Legal and...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The paper:discusses the difficulties in defining the precise scope of the field of complementary and/or alternative medicine;reviews the available evidence regarding the use of CAM by Canadians generally;reviews the available evidence regarding the use of CAM by...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
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PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This info sheet summarizes the main findings of a November 2002 report by the Legal Network, entitled “Action on HIV/AIDS in Prisons: Too Little, Too Late — A Report Card”
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2002
Format:
PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSFEATURESPreventing Mother-to-Child Transmission: Landmark Decision by South African CourtCompulsory HIV Testing after an Occupational ExposureEstablishing Safe Injection Facilities in Canada: Legal and Ethical IssuesReport on Complementary/Alternative...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2001
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
The UNAIDS Executive Director established the UNAIDS Expert Panel on HIV Testing in UN Peacekeeping Operations to analyze and formulate a comprehensive position on the issue of HIV testing. This Expert Panel convened in New York on 17–18 September 2001.The...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2001
Format:
PDF
TABLE OF CONTENTSEditorial FEATURESMedical Prescription of Heroin – A ReviewThe HIV/AIDS Pandemic and its Gender ImplicationsHIV/AIDS IN CANADIAN COURTSSupreme Court Finds Red Cross Negligent in Screening Blood Donors Tainted-Blood Cases:...
