ethic28 - sami2004

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A 22-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with a headache, stiff neck and photophobia but an intact mental status. Lab test reveal cryptococcal meningitis, an infection commonly associated with HIV infection. When given the diagnosis, she adamantly refuses to be tested for HIV.
How should the medical staff handle the situation?

a.Test for HIV despite the patient’s refusal.
b.Do not test for HIV, because as for any other medical procedure, testing should be done only with the informed consent of the patient.
c.Test the patient for HIV anonymously, without any identifying remarks.
d.Report the patient’s cryptococcal meningitis to the Public Health Department and ask the Department to test the patient for HIV.

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Your patient with cryptococcal meningitis eventually agrees to be tested for HIV and her test comes back positive. Due to her opportunistic infection she receives the diagnosis of AIDS.
Should she be reported to the department of public health?

a.Yes the doctor must report her case to the department of public health in all 50 states.
b.Yes she should be reported, but only in the 30 states that require reporting AIDS.
c.She should be reported, but only if she consents to the reporting.
d.The doctor has a choice to either report her case to the department of public health or not.

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B; B

[ArchivalUser]

b, b

[ArchivalUser]

B, B