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Public Health Division, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Who is at risk? Who should be tested? How should those at risk be counselled? How should HIV-infected people be counselled? What are GPs’ legal obligations in Victoria? This website provides general practitioners in Victoria with information and advice about some contentious issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These include the changing epidemiology of HIV infection in Australia, testing for HIV antibodies, counselling people at risk of HIV infection and the legal, social and ethical issues raised for medical practitioners by HIV/AIDS. It devotes particular attention to the legal requirements of the Health Act 1958 that regulates many areas of medical practice relating to HIV infection. Practitioners should keep themselves informed of the latest developments in the field through professional journals and relevant publications.
