Physicians' tort liability for communications relating to AIDS.
This article reviews some of the case law in which individuals have sued based on communications made in connection with AIDS, with particular focus on cases involving the tort liability of physicians and hospitals for various types of failures in communication and breaches of confidentiality.
Bridgeport School of Law, Quinnipiac College, CT.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D003142:Communication; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003376:Counseling / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States