AIDS: Confidentiality vs. Need to Know

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"Does a Health Care Provider have a Duty to Warn Others that a Person is HIV Positive, and How Can We Reconcile the Duty to Warn with the Duty of Confidentiality?


Because of the nature of the HIV virus and the AIDS disease, and because of the Tarasoff decision, a health care provider has an affirmative duty to warn certain third parties that a person is HIV positive in order to protect the public health. Shifting the burden of such notification to public health authorities would be an efficient method of warning third parties, but notifying law enforcement authorities may reduce the number of HIV-positive people seeking treatment, thereby having a detrimental impact on the containment of the epidemic.


While citizens of the United States have always valued privacy rights, there is a point where the national safety and..."

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