I thought that once someone was diagnosed with and STD, the health care personnel was tasked with asking the newly-diagnosed patient for a list of their sex partners (under the aegis of Public Health), but I do not know if that policy is still in place, nor do I know if the policy had become law (or was always law). IOW, there used to be a procedure in place to track STDs and STD treatment.
Look here under Partner Services:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6403a1.htm I found this in that section:
Many health departments now use the internet to notify the sex partners of persons with STDs (92), especially MSM and in cases where no other identifying information is available (http://www.ncsddc.org/Internet_GuidelinesExternal Web Site Icon). Clinical providers are unlikely to participate directly in internet partner notification. Internet sites allowing patients to send anonymous e-mail or text messages advising partners of their exposure to an STD are operational in some areas; anonymous notification via the internet is considered better than no notification at all and might be an option in some instances. However, because the extent to which these sites affect partner notification and treatment is uncertain, patients should be encouraged either to notify their partners in person or by telephone, personal e-mail, or text message; alternatively, patients can authorize a medical provider or public health professional to do so.
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Or do they mean, report and warn sexual partners of patients who test positive? That was my first thought.
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I'm curious why the lawyer needs citations on this... are physicians not already required to notify patients of test results? Like, how is failure to notify NOT obvious malpractice?
Setting those questions aside: I'd start by examining the MeSH in this record: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22051461
And experiment with adding some of the following terms:
( "Sexually Transmitted Diseases/diagnosis"[Mesh] OR "Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology"[Mesh] OR "Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention and control"[Mesh] )
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Could someone please help me with search terms on the following description from one of my lawyers:
"medical articles on the need for physicians to warn patients of positive STD test results?
... support for the propositions that the best way to stop the spread of STDs is for people to get tested for STDs and for physicians to accurately inform and counsel patients when they have positive test results."
I can't even begin to formulate a search. Inform? Warn? Counsel? STD testing results?
Please help me! Thank you so much!
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