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D. Patient Comfidentiality, Can it be broken
I found out in May of 2003 that my partner of 17 months was hiv positive, his psychriast and therapist had working knowledge that he and i were have unprotected intercourse, he had lied tome the entire time we were together by telling me on three seperate occassions that he was hiv-, i already have plans for him, but what i want to know is, that i was told that it is considered ''attempted murder'' for an hiv+ person to have unprotected intercourse with and hiv- person without telling him/her.
What i really want to know was it ethical for his Dr. to break the Dr. patient confidentiality agreement if he has working knowledge that a patient of his has had, and was commiting a felony.
I want to know this for a personal law suit against themand the hospital/clinic he is a patient of.Any help anyone can give me would be grealty appreciated. And please don't call me, he and i are not together anymore but he still temporarily living in my house.
Thank You.
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