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 DOCN  M94A1932
 TI    Ethics and med. legal problems in HIV seropositivity communication.
 DT    9412
 AU    Gnarini R; Serpelloni G; Guidetti E; Izzo E; Guarnaccia D; Esposito C;
       Liberti A; Sica S; Tarro G; Soscia M; D. Cotugno Hospital, Naples,
       Italy.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):419 (abstract no. PD0283). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370643
 AB    OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: the screening branch working in anonimity, for
       HIV C Group monitored from July 1989 until September 1993, 2597 people
       exposed to the permanent or discontinous risk of HIV contamination (drug
       users, multi-partners, prostitutes, homosexuals and bisexual men, etc.).
       RESULTS: we found 153 subjects seropositive to HIV (5.98%), 42.2% of
       them drug users, 21.5% ex drug users, 9.4% homosexuals and drug users
       homosexuals, 17.4% heterosexuals. These last were 26: 22 women and 4
       men. 2284 subjects were, for the first time, informed to be seropositive
       or seronegative. As for us, in our capacity of counsellors, we found
       lots of problems, ethical and medical expecially, with 4 couples. In
       these couples one of the two partners (always male) was seropositive. In
       these situations we could not convince the male to inform his partner
       about his seropositivity. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: we wondered, and
       are still wondering whetel to lor the professional secret prevail or the
       interfere activity in order to safe guard the public health, informing
       the seronegative subject about the seropositivy of his/her partner.
 DE    Adult  Bisexuality  Counseling  *Ethics, Professional  Female
       Homosexuality  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*TRANSMISSION  Italy
       *Jurisprudence  Male  Prostitution  *Sex Behavior  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous  MEETING ABSTRACT

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