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HIV and Health Law: Striking the Balance between Legal Mandates and Medical Ethics

Authors :
Bryan A. Liang
Laura Lin
Source :
AMA Journal of Ethics. 7
Publication Year :
2005
Publisher :
American Medical Association (AMA), 2005.

Abstract

Physicians are obligated to follow the law regarding HIV reporting and contact notification in the state where they practice while also being sensitive to the impact that disclosure has on individual patients. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.

Details

ISSN :
23766980
Volume :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
AMA Journal of Ethics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....0017c30982607b5b880038c89090fd45
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.10.hlaw1-0510