title: Disclosure of HIV status.
abstract: A significant proportion of HIV-infected persons choose not to disclose their status to sexual partners. Healthcare providers may play a role in motivating patients to disclose despite powerful forces working in favor of secrecy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Samet
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014342:Truth Disclosure