Home HIV test

The article I used for this entry is:

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11721214-at-home-hiv-test-raises-ethical-questions-bioethicist-says

The author disapproves of home HIV tests and thinks that they are unethical.
Home HIV tests are now readily available in most stores. Some people have questioned whether or not these tests are ethical because if people test positive they are not required to go to counseling from the doctor who tests them. I think the fact that people would not have to go to these counselors is the reason that people would get tested. People who are embarrassed of getting tested, or young people who would not want their parents to know would resort to these home tests. Home tests may be the only way people would get tested, and it is the only way that they would find out if they had HIV. The key argument against these tests is that the person getting tested would not be with a doctor who could tell them about safe sex and what to do about their disease. If someone goes out and buys an HIV test then they must know a little bit about the disease, or at least how it is caught. For further information the test can provide a brief pamphlet on the disease and give a website for further information. Because people would then know general knowledge about the disease they should know to go to their doctors for treatment. Those people who choose not to go to their doctors will at least have the knowledge to practice safe sex to prevent spreading it to other people. Knowing is the only that people would actively try to prevent spreading the disease to other people.
 The benefits vastly out weigh the possible cons. The only drawback is that people may not go to their doctors after testing positive, but these people would not go to their doctors to get tested in the first place.