Hiv Confidentiality Ethics

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ethics and confidentiality

I am a student at the college of pharmacy at wayne state university in Detroit, Michigan. I am presenting an ethical dilemma in my ethics class. I feel that my question could help shed some light for healthcare providers in particular situations:A...

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I can see why the scenario appeals to you, but the pharmacist's obligation to patient confidentiality trumps what many folks would see as his/her "moral obligation" to inform the female partner. Here's the hole in the scenario:... Read more »

confidentiality issues in regards to HIV positive school students

I am a Senior Biology Major at XXXXXXX in XXX. I am taking a Social Ethics course that involves... Read more »

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Ethical Principles relating to HIV/AIDS in New Jersey

I am trying to find out the NJ ethics and/or policy/law on the issue regarding psychologist -... Read more »

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UNAIDS Releases New Guidelines to Ensure Confidentiality of People Living With HIV/AIDS

UNAIDS on Friday released new guidelines that aim to ensure that the confidentiality of people living with HIV/AIDS is not compromised when collecting and storing information about the disease, UN News Service reports. The guidelines were... Read more »

Liberia's House of Representatives Passes HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Act

Liberia's House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Anti-HIV/AIDS Act, which would make it unlawful to disclose a person's HIV/AIDS status without that individual's prior consent, Liberia's News reports. The act states that people with... Read more »

Newly Diagnosed or Long-Term Survivor -- What Everyone Should Know About HIV and Their Rights

Confidentiality Rights -- the AIDS Confidentiality Act First, your HIV status should not be disclosed by you to anyone except those people who absolutely need to know (doctors, health care providers, etc.), close friends, most-trusted confidants,... Read more »

U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration

A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS

This chapter presents some of the important ethical issues that arise in palliative medicine and will pay particular attention to how these issues bear on the treatment of patients living with AIDS. This chapter is not intended to be either... Read more »

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I am an undergrad working on a biomedical ethics paper about AIDS/HIV+ disclosure. I would appreciate any input that anyone has on the matter. I would like to know how people feel about this issue. Who do you feels needs to know about HIV status?... Read more »

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