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Document 0601
DOCN M9490601
TI Disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus status in healthcare
settings: ethical concerns.
DT 9411
AU Oddi LF
SO J Intraven Nurs. 1994 Mar-Apr;17(2):93-102. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94343132
AB As knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease increases,
society's attitudes toward disclosure of seropositivity are reverting to
a traditional public health approach. Both patients and healthcare
professionals fear HIV infection (although the risks of transmission in
healthcare are small), and broadly support disclosure. In this article,
the disclosure issue is examined within a framework of the ethical
principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice, which
suggests that patients and healthcare professionals should be required
to disclose known seropositivity before exposure-prone procedures are
performed. Because of the risk of stigmatization, renewed effort to
prevent unwarranted disclosure by healthcare professionals also is
required.
DE Attitude to Health *Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
*Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient *Ethics, Medical Human
HIV Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
TRANSMISSION *Patient Advocacy Risk Factors *Truth Disclosure
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).