The health care providers are always obligated to code of ethics for honoring professionalism and sustaining high standards in their practice. Veracity and confidentiality are strictly obligatory for health care professionals in virtue and medical ethics. Veracity is not only the part of virtue ethics but also it is our professional and moral obligation to always remain truthful in practice and as well as in our daily life. But, it becomes very difficult for health care providers to maintain confidentiality, giving respect to patient autonomy, and speaking truth in the case where patients one diagnosed with stigmatized disorders such as AIDS, where we have to save the society by applying the concept of utilitarianism. This paper analyzes such complex conditions in which there is an ethical dilemma occurred between patient's autonomy to maintain his confidentiality of positive HIV and tell a lie to patient's wife. This situation put many questions in the HCP's mind. Such as: is it right to respect patient's autonomy which can put patient's surrounding at risk? Is it moral obligation of the HCP to tell a lie? Or is it best solution if the HCP maintain Ethical dilemmas; Autonomy; Confidentiality; Veracity; Discrimination; Stigmatized CASE SCENARIOA 40 years old male patient was landed in emergency department with complaints of loss of appetite, sudden weight loss, decreased activity, lethargy, and mouth ulcers. The doctor ordered to send all baseline investigations along with HIV. After some hours, the reports were collected from the laboratory which showed that the patient was suffering from HIV AIDS. The doctor told the patient about his positive report. After that, the patient requested to hold this information from his family and other HCP. Instead of consulting about the treatment plan, the patient requested the doctor to keep it confidential. On the other hand, the HCP was thinking about the patient's right. But, if the HCP only thought about the patient ' s right of confidentiality then, could a greater risk to his family (wife) to get infected with the same disease since HIV is a communicable disease. HCP got confused and reviewed the literature to reach on conclusion. Ultimately, HCP disclosed the report about patient's positive report of HIV to his wife.
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