Public health offences – reasonable precautions and duty to warn

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Duty of care to a sexual partner who is not a patient of the clinic: the case of BT v Oei
Duty of care to a sexual partner who is not a patient of the clinic: the Bondi case
Duty of care to patient and sexual partner who are patients of the same practice: the case of PD

Management of people with HIV who place others at risk

Management of people with HIV who place others at risk
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Public health offences – reasonable precautions and duty to warn

Public health offences – reasonable precautions and duty to warn
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Public health offences – reasonable precautions and duty to warn

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Public health offences – reasonable precautions and duty to warn
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