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<h1><font face="book antiqua, times new roman, times" mstheme>Case Study 7</font></h1>
<p>At the end of a long and busy day you process the blood specimens taken from the women
you have seen at their ante-natal booking in visit. All of the laboratory request forms
are completed with the box ticked to test for HIV. The next day you get a call from the
lab to say that one of the specimens tested positive. With horror you remember that this
woman had refused the test, needing more time to consider it. Your manager is insisting
that the woman is told. </p>
<p><a href="../../law/start#Take">Where to begin?</a></p>
<p>You are advised to search out your own original material</p>
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<tr msthemelist><td valign="baseline" width="42"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.doh.gov.uk/pcharter/patientc.htm" target="_blank">The Patient's
Charter</a><a href="#top"></a></font></td></tr>
<tr msthemelist><td valign="baseline" width="42"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.gmc-uk.org/n_hance/good/consent.htm" target="_blank">Seeking
patients' consent: the ethical considerations</a><a href="#top"></a></font></td></tr>
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