1.

Gather the Facts

 We know that the patient has HIV / AIDS and he wants his orientation to remain
confidential.
 But her sister did not know his condition, hence, she willingly volunteered to take care
of her brother.

2. Determine the Ethical Issues

 Knowing that the patient is a homosexual, it may affect family relationship since it was
said that homosexuality is generally looked upon with extreme disfavor among
Hispanics.
 There’s a code of ethics mandated to every physician that puts a very high priority on
keeping its patients’ confidentiality.
 The sister could be infected since she is exposed on changing the bandages and its
transmission could be possible if she has an open wound. The risk of her without
knowing his brother’s situation is very alarming.

3. Identify the Principles that have a Bearing on the Case

 Assuming that the sister’s life is at stake, according to the Biblical Principle, “No issue
outweighs the value of human life.” It needs an immediate response to inform the sister
to save her from this possible tragedy.
 When it comes to constitutional law. It adhered that “The privacy of the patients must
be assured at all stages of his treatment.”

4. List the Alternatives

 If I were the physician I’ll go on discussing the issue to both his father and sister. I’m
aware that it might affect my job since it involve ostracizing the guidelines and our
doctor-patient relationship, but these will not outweigh the risk of harming his sister’s
life.

5. Compare the Alternatives with the Principles

 The alternative is directly inclined to the Biblical Principle which offset the weight of the
Constitutional Principle.

6. Weigh the Consequences

 By choosing the alternative, it could affect my job and relationship to my patient.

7. Make a Decision
  After all of the steps being analyzed, I came to the decision of breaching my patient’s
confidentiality.

We knew that the patient has HIV / AIDS and he wants his orientation to remain confidential.
But her sister did not know of his condition, hence, she willingly volunteered to take care of her brother.
Knowing that the patient is a homosexual, it may affect the family’s relationship. There’s also a code of
ethics mandated to every physician that puts a high priority on keeping its patients’ confidentiality. But
with these issues at hand, the sister could be infected since she is exposed on changing the bandages
and its transmission could be possible if she has an open wound. The risk of her without knowing his
brother’s situation is very alarming.

Assuming that the sister’s life is at stake, according to the Biblical Principle, “No issue outweighs
the value of human life.” It needs an immediate response to inform the sister to save her from this
possible tragedy. When it comes to constitutional law. It adhered that “The privacy of the patients must
be assured at all stages of his treatment.” With these underlying principles, it is clear that the principle
guided from the Bible compensates the other.

If I were the physician I’ll go on discussing the issue to both his father and sister. I’m aware that
it might affect my job since it involve ostracizing the guidelines and our doctor-patient relationship, but
these will not outweigh the risk of harming his sister’s life. By choosing this I’m aware that it could lead
to a lesser negative impact.