Abstract

The increase in HIV infection in South Africa poses serious problems not only to medical services in this country, but also to its legal system. Some of the more immediate medico-legal problems surrounding AIDS are discussed: Informed consent to the testing for HIV antibodies, the maintenance of confidentiality and the question of whether health care workers may refuse to treat AIDS patients.

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