Now doctors will offer HIV tests to all their patients as routine medical care in Atlanta. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is going to recommend the proposal to doctors all over state.
Some ethical organizations have raised their voices against the proposal. They say that doctors will harass poor patients. The loss of privacy and loss of jobs can result from all this resting and diagnosis. In New York, an informed consent is needed before testing for HIV.
A diagnosis of HIV meant almost certain death before twenty years. Now there is a good possibility to live many years with good medical care if diagnosed with HIV. At the same time, the people have more lawful shelter what was not available earlier. No one can fire the infected person or denied of getting apartments in society.
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