Duty to Warn

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Duty to Warn

AIDS A legal duty imposed on a health care provider who learns that an HIV-infected patient is likely to transmit HIV to another identifiable person; state laws determine what actually constitutes a ‘duty to warn’
Psychiatry The ethical obligation that a doctor has to disclose the risk of suicide or other harm to a third party

duty to warn

AIDS A legal concept indicating that a health care provider who learns that an HIV-infected Pt is likely to transmit the virus to another identifiable person must take steps to warn that person

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