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You know your patient who got HIV, but he does not tell his partner & have sex relation with her.
What do we do in this case ?
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| nisha
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First we encourage him to tell partner...if he plain refuses then we have to break confidence and notify any involved partners (it's a case of harm to self or others)
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| phuluong2k
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Thanks for your explanation
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| chemamr
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yes, i agree with you nisha. 
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| drkpp
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sorry guys hope i am not confusing you at this last moment but i read it somewhere that hiv reporting is not mandatory but aids is!!!!! is that true?
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| chemamr
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thatīs true drkpp. AIDS is mandatory, HIV varies according to the state. 
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| drkpp
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so in this case u cannot tell his wife, can u?????
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| chemamr
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I think itīs different, the answer in this case is what Nisha said. And the reason is that his wife is in danger of a life threatening infection.
That of AIDS is mandatory to report to the state authorities and HIV isnīt, is NOT related with the confidentiality, is not related with ethics, is a different issue.
Hope this helps.
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| drkpp
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 thanks
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| merrk
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reportable diseases
AIDS, syphillis, measles, mumps, rubella, salmonella, shigella, tb, hep A, hep B, chicken pox and gonorrhea
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| alenka
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how about chlamidia?is it reportable?
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