To Tell, or Not to Tell; Confidentiality in an Iranian HIV Positive Patient: A Viewpoint
Confidentiality is a basic concept in medical ethics and protecting confidentiality is considered as physicians’ duty. In some occasions, this protection is in conflict with the right of the patient’s sexual partner, who should be informed about the possibility of being infected. The sexual partner...
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Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2017-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Family and Reproductive Health |
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Online Access: | https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/583 |