title: Health care workers with AIDS: the patient's right to know.
abstract: This paper discusses the relationship between a hospital patient and his healthcare worker who is HIV positive or has active AIDS. What are the actual and potential risks involved? How much is a patient entitled to know about the HIV status of his doctor, dentist or nurse? How much does a carer have to reveal in this regard to a patient? Case law is adduced and discussed in the light of current approaches to this problem.
authors.affiliation: University of Durban-Westville.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013019:South Africa; D014342:Truth Disclosure