Question

Research three resources that address what an HIV/AIDS patient or health care employers should know

Identify three impacts of the HIV/AIDS crisis on ethical decision making.
What are these impacts and how do they work?
How do these resources provide or support a service or program for a health care provider or patient?
Public health laws universally require reporting of specific communicable diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases. This often generates contact tracing.
How does this requirement differ for HIV/AIDS, or does it?
Is such reporting consistent with biblical principles? Why?

Answer 1

Resources:

- healthy living improve anybody well-being..people with HIV focus issues that affect their daily activities.nutrtion and mental status.. exercise will make them fit as a routine one.. avoiding smoking is an important resource for HIV person..because it affect their well being

- mental health especially major stress impact on mental health..That is a serious illness for HIV patients that affect their day to day activities.they can have psychiatrist counseling and follow up and some therapy management improve their mental health.

- dealing with stigma and discrimination for HIV patients to fall on negative beliefs, feeling and attitude.This discrimination can be solved by laws, policies and practices..HIV support group meet the safety and provide supportive environment for HIV patients..

Three elements impacts of the HIV/ AIDS crisis on ethical decision making is

Empowerment:

Medicine and medical ethics supporting HIV patient to a personal autonomy,AIDS has accelerated and catalysed the process..In starting stage they face lot of difficulty with their illness it is understandable that patients would like to make more choices..in this situation fundamental honesty in practicing medicine and it solves their dilemmas and make them to take their own decisions.. each person have different choices as per the their nature and beliefs.. Empowerment reduced the burden of decision making, ethical dilemmas by having control over themselves..

Confidentiality :

It is a ethical practices to fulfill patient needs..making aware of people with out HIV is important..some medical confidentiality can be done more easily but in this situation clinicians have to protect patients confidential information and they have to protect others from HIV infection.The HIV person must able to influence the Patient safety be revealed to doctors..

Advocacy and activism:

Problem of stigma affected group reflecting with human rights.. the care for HIV persons to lead in treatment activism,provide more strong desire to get satisfactory outcome..clinical trials and delays in drug availability and licensure become more active in ethics.Some trials more involved in designing, implementing which lead them for substantial changes with greater sensitivity to patient concern..Clinician need to concern Patient voices,with treatment approach..patient advocacy and activists in the view patient voices expressed things for different content..HIV patient with social groups clinicians must respect the Patient autonomy..

Resources protect HIV patient with confidentiality of privacy.. security and protecting patient information acceptable levels with staffs practice..most of the staffs have good knowledge and positive perception towards security and confidentiality issues..Active enforcement and monitoring practices improve understanding and acknowledgement of the policies regarding HIV related Patient information..