TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial
FEATURES
- Medical Prescription of Heroin – A Review
- The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and its Gender Implications
HIV/AIDS IN CANADIAN COURTS
- Supreme Court Finds Red Cross Negligent in Screening Blood Donors
- Tainted-Blood Cases: Updates
- Medical Marijuana and the Law: Recent Developments
- Motion to Strike Claim Dismissed in HIV Defamation Suit
- Couple Found Guilty in AIDS Scare
- Ontario Court of Justice Dismisses Police Negligence Case: HIV Infection a Factor
- Woman Wins Claim for Tax Deductability of Complementary/Alternative Medical Expenses
- Federal Court Denies Asylum, Rejects Claim that Lack of Adequate Medical Care Is Persecution
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- Criminal Law and HIV/AIDS: Update V
DISCRIMINATION & HUMAN RIGHTS
- HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Revisited
- Measuring Legal Implementation of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
CANADIAN NEWS
- Ontario to Develop a Viatical Industry
SEX WORK
- Alberta Law Confining Child Prostitutes Upheld
ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA
- Court Dismisses Constitutional Challenge to Ban on Assisted Suicide
LEGAL CLINICS
- New Developments at the University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic
POLITICAL COMMITMENT
- Political Commitment, Governance, and HIV/AIDS
- HIV: Getting Action from Our Political Leadership
PATENTS AND PRICES
- International Trade and Canadian Patent Law
- Canadian Court Upholds Glaxo’s Patent on AZT
- Generic Drug Maker Wins Right to Sue for Anti-Competitive Practices
- Canadian Court Dismisses Pfizer Attempt to Prevent Approval of Generic Fluconazole
- Court Dismisses Eli Lilly’s Case against Generic Drug Makers
- BioChem Pharma Wins Patent Dispute over 3TC
PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED
- HIV-Related Knowledge and Stigma – United States, 2000
- AIDS Doctors: Voices from the Epidemic
- Principles for Model Sex Industry Legislation
HIV/AIDS IN PRISONS
- Inquest into the Death of a Prisoner Co-Infected with HIV and Hepatitis C: How Many More Will There Be?
- Correctional Officers and Prevention of HIV Transmission among Prisoners
- Irish Prison Guards Call for Expansion of Methadone Access
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Pharmaceutical Companies Abandon Case against South Africa: Victory for People with HIV/AIDS
- Nigeria – Judge Denies Woman with HIV Access to Courtroom
- US: Court Refuses to Order Disclosure of HIV Status to Police
- China – Chengdu Passes Legislation Discriminating against People with HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS AND THE LAW
- HIV/AIDS and Legal Developments in Germany
DRUG POLICY
- Natural Helpers: A Community Approach to Harm Reduction
- Health Canada Commits to Strengthening Efforts with Respect to Injection Drug Use and HIV/AIDS
- A Review of A Framework for Action: A Four Pillar Approach to Drug Problems in Vancouver