THE SPECIFIC OF vOLUNTARY COUNSELLING

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present the idea of counselling accompanying HIV testing procedure, named voluntary counselling and testing (VCT).
The author defines and discusses the philosophy of HIV counselling, its objectives, assumptions and specificity. It the article there is also an overview of the process of conducting HIV counselling and its process. In particular the focus is made on the pre-test HIV counselling and post-test HIV counselling, accompanying the release of the HIV test result. The author describes the assumptions and conditions for effective HIV counselling and its certain procedures. There has also been discussion about the limitations of this counselling and the difficulties that may be associated with both: the patient and the counsellor.