About this resource
About HIV Legal
HIV Legal 3rd Edition (2024)
Suggested Citation: David J Carter and Cara Bruce, HIV Legal (Health+Law, 3rd ed, 2024) <www.hivlegal.org.au (opens in a new window)>
Editor: David J Carter, Scientia Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
Authors: David J. Carter and Cara Bruce
Contributors: Louisa Luong and Georgia Neaverson
HIV Legal has been published continuously since 2009. The Editors acknowledge and thank those authors, contributors, reviewers who have produced and maintained this essential resource on HIV and the law since its inception. We acknowledge those contributions to this living document here.
This edition is updated from time to time, you may review the revision history here.
HIV Legal 2nd Edition (2019)
Editor: Michael Frommer, Health and Legal Policy Consultant
HIV Legal 1st Edition (2009)
Editor: Sally Cameron
Editorial Advisory Group (1st edition)
David Puls, John Godwin, Sally Cameron, Mark Bebbington
Reviewers (1st edition)
Julie Hamblin, Anna McNulty, Anne Mijch, Louise Owen, Sven Strecker, Melissa Woodroffe, Lynne Wray
About ASHM Health and Health+Law
ASHM Health (previously known as the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine) is responsible for the 1st and 2nd Editions of HIV Legal. ASHM Health is a peak body and membership organisation representing the clinical workforce in HIV, viral hepatitis and sexual health.
The Health+Law (opens in a new window) Research Partnership, in partnership with ASHM Health, is responsible for the 3rd Edition of HIV Legal. Health+Law is dedicated to identifying and eliminating legal barriers to testing and treatment for individuals living with HIV or hepatitis B in Australia. A crucial part of our work is building and supporting the legal knowledge and capacity of healthcare practitioners who provide care for HIV positive patients. The 3rd Edition of HIV Legal aims to enhance accessibility and clarity of information on the law and HIV in what is a continuously changing area of law.
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Funding
Health+Law is supported by funding from the Australian Centre for Disease Control and the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, under the Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Research and Data Program (BBVSS) (Grant ID: 4-IPV561G; Activity ID: 4-IPV561Z). The contents of all published material are solely the responsibility of the individual authors and do not reflect the views of the funding body or partners.