Would Carlos’s physician be morally justified in breaching patient confidentiality
Don’t Tell: A Case about HIV and Confidentiality
The case features a 21-year-old male, Carlos, who is about to end his hospital
stay for gunshot wounds and receive nursing care at home from his sister, Consuela.
Secretly homosexual and concerned about disgrace within his family, Carlo
pleads with the attending physician not to inform his sister that he (Carlos) is HIV positive.
Yet not informing Consuela would seem to increase her risk of contracting
HIV while attending to his wounds.
Questions:
Would Carlos’s physician be morally justified in breaching patient confidentiality on the grounds
that he had a “duty to warn”?
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