PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Silva, J. Arturo
AU  - Leong, Gregory B.
AU  - Weinstock, Robert
TI  - An HIV-Infected Psychiatric Patient: Some Clinicolegal Dilemmas
DP  - 1989 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 33--43
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/17/1/33.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/17/1/33.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1989 Mar 01; 17
AB  - The acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) crisis has raised many clinical and forensic dilemmas for the health-care system. Psychiatrists may encounter particular problems when evaluating and treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. The authors present a case of an HIV seropositive, bipolar, Intravenous drug abusing patient who participates in unsafe sexual practices to illustrate clinicolegal dilemmas involving dangerousness, involuntary hospitalization, confidentiality, and Tarasoff-like duty.