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Confidentiality Limits with Clients Who Have the AIDS Virus
Author(s) -
GRAY LIZBETH A.,
HARDING ANNA K.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1988.tb00851.x
Subject(s) - confidentiality , dilemma , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , internet privacy , ethical dilemma , psychology , medicine , virology , computer security , political science , law , computer science , philosophy , epistemology
Limits of confidentiality have not been defined for the life‐threatening dilemma of a client who has the AIDS virus and who continues to be sexually active without informing her or his partners. The authors review the medical background of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, legal limits, and ethical tenets of confidentiality. A position supporting breach of confidentiality is taken, and specific suggestions for counseling the client are offered.