The @AmerMedicalAssn states that physicians should test patients for #HIV without their consent “only in limited cases in which the harms to individual autonomy are offset by significant benefits to known third parties.": https://t.co/FCjNgUgb4Y
Secret society: Shaoli Chaudhuri, MD, MPH, @raakabhaka, MD, and Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH explore the rights of a patient who has #HIV but does not know it in this case and commentary: https://t.co/4QLoZe5FZG
MT: "Heightened privacy and confidentiality stakes around HIV have resulted in unique anonymity and nondisclosure policies and practices. This commentary on an occupational exposure case considers benchmarks in the evolution of HIV testing"
In the world of public health, #HIV has perhaps been unique in its spread, pathogenicity, and long-standing impact. Infection is a biological event, but complex political, economic, and social dynamics often result from it: https://t.co/As7Qh4uav3