Advising Clients with HIV and AIDS
A Guide for Lawyers

Aimed at high street practitioners who need guidance in advising gay and lesbian clients, this textbook covers all the issues on which a client may need advice. A comparative chapter is included which looks at the law in other European jurisdictions and in America.

This text concentrates on the legal implications of a client being HIV positive or of developing AIDS. It covers all issues which a client will need advice on, including disclosing one's status, criminal and civil liability, access to medical records and right to treatment, discrimination and employment issues, arranging financial affairs and living wills, family issues such as custody and guardianship of children, the rights and education of HIV-infected children and access to social services such as housing and welfare benefits. This book takes a practical, non-political, advice-centred approach. Written by a team of solicitors and barristers, it also includes many valuable precedents including a living will and power of attorney and is an ideal reference for practitioners.

The HIV/AIDS client. Discrimination. Duties and responsibilities of social services providers. Medical treatment issues. Children and family. Immigration and the right to travel. Criminal proceedings. Organising financial affairs. Preparing for death. Precedents.