Sexual & General Health
Guides for GPs and general practice staff
Referrals and resources
Referrals
If you are having difficulty finding local agencies, a full national listing is published in the National AIDS Manual, and this can be consulted over the phone by phoning the National AIDS Helpline, 0800 567123.
Some useful resources
BMA Foundation for AIDS (1992) HIV infection and AIDS: ethical considerations for the medical profession. British Medical Association Foundation for AIDS, London.
General Medical Council (1995) HIV and AIDS: the ethical considerations. Guidance from the General Medical Council, London.
General Medical Council (1995) Confidentiality. Guidance from the General Medical Council, London.
Jewitt C (1995) Sexual history taking in general practice. The HIV Project, St Martins House, 3rd Floor, 140 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9LN.
King E (ed.) AIDS Treatment Update. Available from Nam Publications, address below.
Mansfield S and Singh S (1990) The management of HIV infection in primary care (booklet). BMA Foundation for AIDS, London.
Moss A (1992) HIV and AIDS: Management by the Primary Care Team. Oxford University Press.
National AIDS Manual Nam Publications, 16a Clapham Common Southside, London SW4 7AB.
Thornton P (1996) General Practitioner Reports for Insurance Companies. Coventry Health Authority, Christchurch House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry CV1 1GQ.
Thornton P Confidentiality in General Practice: a toolkit for General Practitioners and their Staff. Address as above.
Leaflets, booklets and stickers
Private and confidential: talking to doctors can be obtained from the Brooke Advisory Centre's Education and Publications Unit, 165 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8UD.
A helpful booklet for young gay men, Coming Out and Staying Out, can be obtained from Gay Men's Health Wiltshire and Swindon
Stickers to put on insurance company requests can be obtained from the Sheffield Centre for Sexual Health, 22 Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield S10 2BA. These stickers state: "BMA guidance states: It is essential that a doctor does not speculate about the patient's lifestyle or 'risk' of HIV infection. Such questions can only be answered by the patient and the insurance company should be directed to seek the information from the patient him/herself." A full resource pack will also soon be available.
Thinking it Through is a booklet which discusses safer sex strategies for gay couples, and is available from Camden and Islington Health Promotion, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PE.
There are too many different kinds of leaflet or poster relevant to gay men for us to list here. They range from the discreet to the explicit and cover a variety of questions.