Why is HIV treated differently? We should do whatever we can, within reason, to protect the healthcare worker and prevent HIV transmission. That’s the benefit of revealing source patient information to the clinician trying to craft the best preventive strategy. This outweighs the risk to that patient (the source) for the disclosure, which should be minimal “” after all, the information is being released to a clinician, who presumably understands the importance of patient confidentiality.
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