Definition
This house believes that
when doctors discover a
patient has STD's, they
should reveal that
information to the
patient's partner 10
To avoid the frivolous allegation from
partner
It's hard to speak bluntly about your illness with
your partner. However, you must be honest with
your partner if you are properly diagnosed with
sexually transmitted diseases. This is a necessity - a
responsibility, even.
 Reveal the patient medical data without any
permission means against the constitution of
medical secret about client privacy. In order to
implement the doctor's obligation to reveal
STD to partner, they need to use non-coercive
ways to convince client about the bad effect if
they won't reveal the STD to their partner.
Reveal STD to partner help client to reduce
their anxiousness. Mostly people can accept
the medical information from doctor because
they see doctor as trusted source.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infectious
diseases that spread from person to person
through intimate contact. Chlamydia, Genital
Herpes (HSV-2), Genital Warts , Gonorrhea, HIV
and AIDS, Syphilis. The doctor will reveal to the
patient’s partner without their consent and the
partner we talked in here is the partner of a
married couple.
 In some countries, hiding the sexual health
status of a partner may plunge you behind bars.
Informing your partner about the condition you
are not in is not to frighten or embarrass
yourself. Rejection, anger, scorn, gossip, all this
you may have to deal with as a consequence.
However, no matter how bitter this is, you still
have to deliver it. It concerns the health and
lives of others. It's also a matter of respect for
others. You can anticipate the worst allegation
from your partner by tell them the truth before
they start to build their own argument on your
STD status.
Effective strategy to prevent secondary
transmission
It also leads to lost opportunities for prevention of
new infections in partners at risk, and inability to
access appropriate services for both the patients
and their partners.
The trouble happens when people feel perfectly
fine and show no signs of having an STD. Since they
don't know, they don't get treated. That causes
bigger problems because STDs don't just go away
on their own.
 An integral part of the treatment of persons
with most sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) is the treatment of their sex partners.
This assertion has been operationalized in
the US through notification of sex partners
of infected persons of their exposure to an
STD, followed by some effort to convince
the sex partners to seek evaluation and,
typically, treatment. This is known as
“partner notification".
 BMC International Health and Human Rights
2011 However, counsellors are often
frustrated by the reluctance of HIV-positive
patients to voluntarily notify their sexual
partners. These low rates of disclosure
eventually lead to the likelihood of
treatment default since such patients.

Patient sexual partners’ right to know
about their partner condition
The spouse has a right to know what their partner
condition that can harm them. Because the partner
has a right to stay safe.
 Law in UK, article number 5 said that
“Protect the people right to liberty and
security, the law focus on protecting
individuals freedom from unreasonable
detention as opposed to protecting
personal safety”.

R  The Exception of Confidential is not

correlated to this motion, because the
 Although confidentiality is important in
exception of patient confidentiality law is
the health care provider-patient
limited to government and scientific
relationship, there are exceptions where
research.
this can be subverted.
 Protecting patients' sexual partners at
risk of HIV infection
 The physician has responsibility to keep their Constitution/Law related to Patient Confidentiality:
patient information still private
 The Data Protection Act 1998 The act states
that all personal data must be processed fairly
dan lawfully.
 The human right act 1998; requires that private
information such as medical notes is kept
private.
 Hippocratic Oath on modern version; I will
respect the privacy of my patients, for their
problems are not disclosed to me that the
world may know.

 Constitution year 2004 No.29 article no 47 Some STDs are curable

paragraph 1, medical record records as
That's why as long as the patients follow the
meant in Article 46 are the property of
doctor instruction everything will be all rights.
doctors, dentists, or health care
Not all STD are transmitted by intercourse. Like
facilities, while the contents of the
herpes or genital warts, through skin-to-skin
medical records belong to the patient.
contact with an infected area or sore.
Medical records as meant in paragraph
(1) shall be kept and kept confidential by
doctors or dentists and leaders of health
care facilities.

STDs that can be treated and cured with antibiotics Discovering STDs leads to conflict between
or prescriptions include: couples
 Chlamydia No need for giving the information to patient's
 Gonorrhea partner because it will lead household conflict.
 Trichomoniasis (The partner may accused the patient has been
 Syphilis cheat on her/him).
 Scabies
The doctor could give advice to the patient to have
 Public Lice/Crabs
a contraception (condoms) when having a sexual
activity with their partner. (Condoms are keeping
the partner safe from STD up to 98% percentage).
 American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP) state that 16% reasons for divorce is
cheating.
 In Russia, at 2013 Maxime and Elena were
divorce because one of private clinic Öptimus
Med gave them know that Maxime has 4 STDs.
Which lead them put on fights and divorce.
Elena accused him that he cheated. Maxime
feels something wrong with the tests, then he
decided to check his health at the other clinics.
Obviously, the test proved that Maxime didn't
has the STD.

Patient will get more burden by
discovering their STD
There is no guarantee that their partner wouldn't
say about the STD to others like their close friends,
or even their family.
 Even if your best friend can’t solve your problem,
it’s helpful to have someone listen to you. Friends
are like counsellors - friends share deepest secrets
with each other - the secrets that nobody knows
not even the family. Friends feel relaxed together -
they participate in activities together, they share
similar interests and spend lots of time together.
 friends are generally in the same age group as you
and understand the complications in your life. They
too are going through exams, bullying, puberty,
romance, marriage, divorce, parenthood etc. They
share your experiences and are more tolerant of
how you handle things than family are.