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AIDS and Confidentiality
Title: AIDS and Confidentiality
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 839 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
AIDS and Confidentiality
AIDS and Confidentiality
Does an AIDS patient have rights to FULL confidentiality? Meaning being does an AIDS patient have the right to deny this information to their spouse and/or sexual partner? Even greater, does a physician have an obligation to inform the partner? A lot of controversy is currently occurring due to this topic.
In a recent case, Mr. B., a twenty-eight year old prominent member of the city council was recently tested positive …showed first 75 words of 839 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 839 total…and ethically, it’s his call. Luckily for them, physicians have the law on their side no matter what in most cases here.
Works Cited:
Elizondo Jr., Juan. Clinic had no duty in AIDS confidentiality case, court rules. Associated Press. http://www.reprternews.com/texas/aids0314.html.
AIDS Law Manual. General Medical Records Confidentiality Statutes. http://www.alrp.org/LM11genmed.html.
Weslade, William J. Encyclopedia of Bioehtics. Simon and Schuster Macmillan. New York. 1995. P. 456.
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