title: AIDS and HIV infection: ethical problems for general practitioners.
abstract: AIDS and HIV infection raise a number of important ethical issues and problems for general practitioners. The ethical issues which impinge most directly on the personal relationship between patient and practitioner are duty to care, consent and confidentiality. These issues, and some practical problems which are likely to be encountered by practitioners, are discussed with the help of case studies and by applying fundamental ethical principles.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallagher
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D003219:Confidentiality; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010821:Physicians, Family