Confidentiality vs. duty to warn. Whose life is it anyway?
Donovan looks at some of the very real issues arising in care of the AIDS patient through this fictional legal case. Issues of confidentiality and duty to warn are contrasted. Is it possible to meet all desirable goals in these cases? Or do legal and ethical considerations conflict?
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D037841:Pregnant People