HIV is a virus that can be mainly spread by a person who has sex or share injection drug equipment such as needles. It is one of the most serious and deadliest diseases in the world. HIV destroys a type of cell in the body called lymphocyte‚ which is part of the immune system (the defense system that fights infection). When these cells destroy the immune system then becomes weak. According to a Canada’s source for HIV‚ “[If] HIV is left untreated your immune system becomes too damaged to defend against
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the HIPAA hotline number to report a breach of confidentiality Explain to the attorney that the office does not fax or copy patient records. Instruct the attorney to obtain the patient’s signed authorization Retrieve the patient’s medical record and fax it to the attorney. An insurance company calls the office to request information about a claim. The insurance specialist confirms the patient’s dates of service and the patient’s negative HIV status. The insurance specialist Appropriately
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tell them if they are aware that they are in fact carrying the HIV/AIDS virus. From the begging the homosexual male and the gay community were rejected in America and have isolated themselves into this secret society separated from the norm of traditional heterosexual monogamy. These isolated communities centered on its erotophilic values have been forced to face a disease that does not discriminate and has become an epidemic. The HIV/AIDS virus has affected the gay community is such a way it has
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Victims………………………………………………6 2.3 Duty to Warn……………………………………………………………………6 2.4 Privacy…………………………………………………………………………..7 2.5 Ethical and Legal Guidelines for Assessing Suicidal Behaviour ………………8 2.6 HIV/AIDS and the risk of Suicide……………………………………………...8 2.7 Confidentiality…………………………………………………………………..9 2.7.1 Statutory obligations to disclose……………………………………………...10 2.8 Negligence………………………………………………………………………10 2.9 Autonomy ……………………………………………………………………...12 2.9.1 Beneficence…………………………………………………………………
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clinical guidelines and the civil rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Portland‚ Oregon. Many people living with HIV/AIDS‚ at some point during their illness‚ find themselves in need of housing assistance and support services. Stable housing promotes improved health‚ sobriety or decreased use of alcohol and illegal drugs‚ and‚ for some‚ a return to paid employment and productive social activities. As the number of people living with HIV/AIDS continues to grow in both urban and rural areas throughout
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Haixiang Yu ACC 308 Jan.17‚ 2013 “BioHemi‚ Inc.” I strongly disagree to continue to sell the old product and complete the fix-price contracts. I am sure that the unemulsified plasma product allows more people to be infected with AIDS and it had been proved by CDC in 1983. I am an accountant who is responsible to generate profits for the company‚ but it is reasonable for a professional accountant to considerate ethics first. Ethics is moral philosophy‚ which means that people have strong
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2013 Ethical Dilemmas in the Protect of Medical Privacy This ethical dilemma paper I wanting to discuss the issue that I have seen in my current profession as a Nurse’s Aide. In my profession I have come across patients that have the active HIV/AIDS virus and have not told their partners‚ husband‚ or wife that they have this sexual incurable disease. Yet‚ because of laws that I am to abide by such as HIPAA I cannot release that information to their significant other without losing my job and
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Management CHRISTINE R. LAURENTE MBA 1 SEAFOOD AMERICA: CORPORATE RESPONSE TO AIDS CASE #3 I. Point of View: Case writer II. Statement of the Problem: What can Seafood Industry do for the company & its employees at the prevalence of HIV/AIDS?Predicaments threat on: * Loss of experienced personnel – particularly at the mngt.& skilled workers levels; * Need for increased resources to hire and retrain replacements; * Increase in absenteeism and labor
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among others” (Thiroux‚ J. P.‚ &Krasemann‚ K. W.). The bioethics topic that I chose to talk about has to deal with medical confidentiality. Medical confidentiality requires doctors to keep a patient’s personal health information private unless consent is provided by the patient. Patients normally share personal information with health care providers. If the confidentiality of this information is not protected‚ trust in the doctor-patient relationship would diminish because respecting a patient’s
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How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process HCR/220 October 7‚ 2012 How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process In this paper we will discuss how HIPAA violations affect the medical billing process and why HIV and AIDS information is more sensitive than other types of health conditions. We will also examine the social‚ legal‚ and ethical ramifications of improper information disclosure. In 1996 on August 21‚ the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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