01975nas a2200409   4500000000100000008004100001653001000042653000900052653003300061653002000094653001100114653001900125653002100144653001100165653002400176653000900200653001600209653001600225653001500241653002500256653002000281653002100301100001800322700001400340700001100354700001300365700001400378700001800392700001400410700001000424700001300434245009500447300001100542490000700553520099100560022001401551       2016                            d10aAdult10aAged10aAttitude of Health Personnel10aConfidentiality10aFemale10aHIV Infections10aHealth Personnel10aHumans10aInterviews as Topic10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNetherlands10aPerception10aQualitative Research10aSelf Disclosure10aTruth Disclosure1 aStutterheim S1 aSicking L1 aBaas I1 aBrands R1 aRoberts H1 avan Brakel WH1 aLechner L1 aKok G1 aBos AE R00aDisclosure of HIV Status to Health Care Providers in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Study.  a485-940 v273 a<p>We qualitatively investigated perspectives on HIV disclosure to health care providers (HCP) by people living with HIV (PLWH). Perspectives varied across PLWH and between PLWH and HCP. Some PLWH felt they should always disclose so that HCP could take necessary precautions or because disclosure optimized care. Others felt that disclosure was not an obligation but a courtesy. Still others felt that disclosure was unnecessary as all HCP should apply universal precautions or because HIV status was not relevant to care. Most HCP claimed they should be informed about patients' HIV status as this would reduce occupational risk of infection and improve care. HCP also felt that disclosure concerns by PLWH were unnecessary given the HCP' duty of professional confidentiality. Some acknowledged that disclosure was not always necessary but still indicated wanting to be informed. Perspectives on HIV disclosure in health care settings differed substantially between PLWH and HCP.</p>
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