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The Duty to Warn and Clinical Ethics: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS

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  1. Uhlmannstr. 3, D-21255, Tostedt, Germany

    Christian Säfken

  2. Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glückstrasse 10, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Andreas Frewer

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Säfken, C., Frewer, A. The Duty to Warn and Clinical Ethics: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Confidentiality and HIV/AIDS. HEC Forum 19, 313–326 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-007-9051-4

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