May a person refuses pre-HIV test counselling (and HIV testing)?
Yes, it is the right of a person to refuse HIV counselling and testing, and the counsellor should accept, after personal consultation, a persons decision to refuse these services. The counsellor should, however, try to find out why a person refuses to receive (for instance) pre-HIV test counselling and attempt if possible to rectify the patients preconceptions. (Some people refuse counselling because of previous traumatic or negative experiences with inadequate or unsympathetic counsellors.) Most clients, however, find pre- and post- HIV test counselling a helpful experience. Are there any exceptions to the rule of informed consent? The only exceptions to the rule that a person must give their consent to any treatment, tests or an operation, are when genuine emergencies are involved or when certified mentally ill patients have to be treated. If a patient needs emergency treatment but is unaware of the treatment (as will be the case in unconsciousness), the doctor or hospital does not n
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