Assignment 6: Patient’s right
Assignment 6: Patient’s right
Discuss the potential controversy when considering a patient’s
right to know whether a caregiver has AIDS, and the caregiver’s
right to privacy and confidentiality.
Consider the following: A physician cut his hand with a scalpel
while he was Helping another physician. Because of the
uncertainty that blood had been transferred from the physician’s
hand wound to the patient through an open surgical incision, he
agreed to have a blood test for HIV. His blood tested positive for
HIV and he withdrew himself from participation in further surgical
procedures.
Discuss the ethical and legal issues

Published by
Dissertations
View all posts