On 17 May 2001, the House of Commons created a Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs based on a motion introduced by Randy White, Canadian Alliance MP (Langley–Abbottsford) and gave it a very broad mandate to study “the factors underlying or relating to the nonmedical use of drugs in Canada” and to propose recommendations … Read more
In a report released on 20 November 2002, entitled Action on HIV/AIDS in Prisons: Too Little, Too Late – A Report Card, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network concluded that despite repeated studies and nearly ten years of recommendations for urgent and pragmatic action, the response of Canadian governments to HIV/AIDS, HCV, and injection drug use … Read more
In 2002, over five years after the release of the “HIV/AIDS in Prisons: Final Report” (see Related Publications, below) and 10 years after Correctional Service Canada created the Expert Committee on AIDS and Prisons, it is time to assess whether the call for action made in the Final Report has been heard, and to document … Read more
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.
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 cannot – help the exposed worker, and about better ways to respond to occupational exposure … Read more