RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An HIV-Infected Psychiatric Patient: Some Clinicolegal Dilemmas
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 33
OP 43
VO 17
IS 1
A1 J. Arturo Silva
A1 Gregory B. Leong
A1 Robert Weinstock
YR 1989
UL http://jaapl.org/content/17/1/33.abstract
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.