HIV disclosure to surrogate decision makers: privacy versus presumption
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HIV disclosure to surrogate decision makers: privacy versus presumption
Although few would disagree with the latter precept, the ethical and legal permissibility of the former is less obvious [2]. Dispensing with patient confidentiality under the rubric of ‘beneficence’ does not guarantee preferable end-of-life outcomes. Even if the emotional impact of this disclosure has minimal influence on surrogates’ decision making abilities, they are, ceteris paribus, left no...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc5927