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

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