Confidentiality Limits with Clients Who Have the AIDS Virus.

Gray, Lizbeth A.; Harding, Anna K.

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ERIC Number: EJ368524

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Publication Date: 1988

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Confidentiality Limits with Clients Who Have the AIDS Virus.

Gray, Lizbeth A.; Harding, Anna K.

Journal of Counseling and Development, v66 n5 p219-23 Jan 1988

Addresses the issue of defining limits of confidentiality for the life-threatening dilemma of a client who has the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus and who continues to be sexually active without informing his or her partners. Reviews the medical background of AIDS, legal limits, and ethical issues of confidentiality. Supports breach of confidentiality and offers suggestions for counseling. (Author/KS)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Confidentiality, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Ethics, Helping Relationship, Legal Responsibility, Moral Values, Sexuality

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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