At the coalface: When keeping secrets can cause harm

Journal of Medical Ethics 16 (2):81 (1990)
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Abstract

A GP is not informed that her patient is HIV-positive. The question is posed-should doctors in special clinics act on the assumption that patients do not want their GP informed? It is argued that this assumption may be false, and that it may deny patients the offer of appropriate and timely support

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