Is selfish not to divulge your sickness loh..
imagine the next person might get infected if he/she comes into
contact with your open wound =.=''' i am referring to people like
doctors (patient might forget to reveal their HIV status), or
perhaps when u are outside & get a open wound where some
helpful & kind-hearted passerbys attend to your wound..
the others non-infected are innocent & they should have a
right to know..
like i said.. i think it's all about circumstances. and risk
levels. doctors will be examining you, and there might be blood or
body fluid contact, so of course they should be informed, besides
letting the doctor know doesn't compromise the patient's privacy,
since there is a doctor - patient confidentiality.
letting your lover know, because there will be physically
intimate contact.
does your colleagues need to know, if you're working in an
environment where there is a low risk of injury - say... an office
pencil pusher? the risk level of getting infected is so low, but if
you let everyone know, the chances of everyone treating you like
crap is so high, the trade off simply isn't fair. i feel that if
the risks are low, like minimal to nearly impossible of getting
infected, the patient has the right to his privacy and a life which
is as normal as possible..
as for... getting scratched up outside, how often do you see ppl
helping others in singapore? lol. but that aside, when that
happens, the patient can always be more careful and not allow ppl
to be near them.
if you're going to give an example like, if the patient is
unconscious and others don't know and get "infected", so are you
saying, that if a hiv patient is injured and unconscious, they
shouldn't be helped because you're afraid of getting infected? that
mentality - justifies all the more, why they should have their
privacy protected.
