MANDATORY HIV TESTING OF PATIENTS AND PROFESSIONALS - BRINGING ETHICSINTO PRACTICE

A contemporary health dilemma, that of mandatory HIV testing of patien ts and professionals, is used as a focus for an ethics class. Backgrou nd material which is given to students is described and referenced. Th e interjection of ethical theory is described. The exercise has provid ed an effective focus for medical and health professional undergraduat e and postgraduates. It combines contemporary material with ethical th eory, and so brings ethics into practice for students.