Discussion Question:
Read the following articles:
HIV and Health Law: Striking the Balance between Legal Mandates and Medical Ethics http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2005/10/hlaw1-0510.html
Menu of Suggested Provisions For State Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Laws https://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/laws/menu/caseid.htm#reporttb
After reading the AMA and CDC articles, discuss why you think the mandatory reporting rules are different for the two disease populations. Identify which ethical values are in conflict? Do you believe the mandatory reporting rules for these two communicable diseases should be the same or different? Defend your opinion based on ethical theories/systems and ethical values.


