THE STUDY OF LAWS AND REGULATION ON LIFESTYLE (PRIVACY, SOCIAL SECURITY AND EMPLIOYMENT STATUS) IN HIV/ AIDS PATIENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate legal support for privacy, social security and employment status in HIV/AIDS patients considering the international guidelines. The research method was applied in terms of purpose, descriptive in terms of data collection method and qualitative in terms of data type. The statistical population consisted of experts in Law (Shahid Beheshti, Imam Sadiq, Tehran, and Allameh universities). Eight experts were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. All interviews were recorded and implemented and after several studies, the categories, sub-categories and codes were extracted and classified as the smallest meaningful units. To analyze data of the qualitative part, content analysis was used in a conventional way. The lawyers' part included issues related to privacy, social security and protection of the employment status of the patients. Overall, the results showed that mandatory legal cases regarding patients for improving their living conditions are either not available or rarely available internationally and nationally, and in the developed countries, according to their own country-specific laws and human right laws that extend to these individuals as human beings, executive measures are adopted.