HIV Disclosure: New Ethical Approaches

EthicsLab

New research findings regarding HIV status will impact how we understand and practice disclosure of HIV status of patients... specifically whether or not to disclose a sick patients’ HIV serostatus to their family or partner. The new research demonstrates that when an HIV-positive person sticks to their treatment, their HIV is undetectable and untransmittable (U=U). Our three guests are working together on bioethical projects to spread the awareness of U=U. Our guests in this episode include: Jamie Crist, JD, MA a Clinical Ethics Fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas and doing clinical ethics consultation at Houston Methodist Hospital. Jamie has a JD and Masters in Bioethics at Case Western University. Nicole Meredyth, MD, is a clinical ethics fellow at Weil Cornell Medicine in New York Presbyterian Hospital. She is also completing her surgical residency at Weil Cornell University. Nekee Pandya, MD; is a clinical ethics fellow at Weil Cornell Hospital and also a hospitalist at that hospital. Additional resources relating to or referenced in this episode: HIV Law and Policy CDC HIV Treatment as Prevention HIV viral load and transmissibility of HIV infection: undetectable equals untransmittable