HIV public policy and psychiatry. An examination of ethical issues and professional guidelines

P T Daniolos; V F Holmes

doi:10.1016/S0033-3182(95)71702-9

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HIV public policy and psychiatry. An examination of ethical issues and professional guidelines

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HIV public policy and psychiatry. An examination of ethical issues and professional guidelines

P T Daniolos and V F Holmes

Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.), Vol.36(1), pp.12-21

01/1995

DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(95)71702-9

PMID: 7871129

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Abstract

The authors examine the interfaces among public policy, legal issues, ethical issues, and physician responsibility for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected psychiatric patient within the realms of civil liberties and public health. Current professional guidelines on caring for HIV-infected psychiatric patients are discussed, including discussion of psychotherapy and the potential for behavioral change. The impact of the Tarasoff decision on confidentiality is reviewed, including discussion of whether a precedent was set mandating that a psychiatrist warn identifiable third persons at risk of becoming infected by his or her patient. The management of HIV-infected psychiatric inpatients who continue to put other patients at risk and the impact of HIV carriers on ward milieu are also addressed, as are difficulties encountered with the chronically mentally ill.

Ethics, Medical

Behavior Therapy

HIV Infections - prevention & control

Humans

HIV Infections - psychology

Psychotherapy - legislation & jurisprudence

Mental Disorders - psychology

Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence

HIV Infections - transmission

Duty to Warn - legislation & jurisprudence

Confidentiality - legislation & jurisprudence

Patient Admission - legislation & jurisprudence

Practice Guidelines as Topic

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Title: Subtitle: HIV public policy and psychiatry. An examination of ethical issues and professional guidelines
Creators: P T Daniolos - Consolidated Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA
V F Holmes
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.), Vol.36(1), pp.12-21
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(95)71702-9
PMID: 7871129
ISSN: 0033-3182
eISSN: 1545-7206
Language: English
Date published: 01/1995
Academic Unit: Psychiatry
Record Identifier: 9984083999202771

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