Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This report presents seven stories of community mobilization. They include:Improving Relations Between the GLBT Community and the Ottawa Police;Fighting to Keep Disability Benefits in Ontario;Addressing Barriers that Put Women in B.C. at Risk;Building a Sense of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
The Importance of Privacy of Health Information for People Living with HIV/AIDSPrivacy, Confidentiality, and Privilege: Related Legal ConceptsLegal Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality in Canadian LawPrivacy PrinciplesLimits on Privacy and Confidentiality of...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This report presents a plan of action for Canada to prevent, reduce, and eliminate stigma and discrimination in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.The plan of action covers five broad areas:participation of people living with HIV/AIDS and vulnerable to HIVtackling...
Organization:
HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit
Publication date: 2004
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Needs assessment, Report
The Ontario Men’s Survey was undertaken through the HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit (HIV Studies Unit) of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto by a research team composed of university and community investigators working with a...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2003
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
The purpose of this briefing note is to give community-based AIDS organizations (CBAOs) information to help them respond to media questions and other inquiries. The information in this Briefing Note is intended to provide responses that are positive and constructive,...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2003
This Q&A answers some common questions about patents and international trade agreements. The rules on drug patents in international trade agreements and domestic laws affect the availability and affordability of medicines. This document explains the connection...
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
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
Format:
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: 2001
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is one of a series of seven info sheets:Risks of TransmissionManagement of ExposurePost-exposure ProphylaxisTesting for InfectionInformation from the Source PersonCalls for Compulsory Testing of Source PersonsReadings and Resources
