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Immanuel Kant, On a Supposed Right to Lie from Altruistic Motives, in Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy. Trans. and Ed., Lewis White Beck (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1949), pp. 346–350.
Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 13 Cal 3d 177, 118 Cal Rptr 129,529 P2d (1974). Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 17 Cal 3d 425,131 Cal Rptr 14,551 P2d 334 (1976).
Cf. Tarasoff v. Board of Regents, op. cit., also Livermore, Malmquist, and Miehl. On the Justifications for Civil Commitment. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol 19, p. 84 (1968).
Tarasoff v. Board of Regents, op. cit.
Of course, this may be more a theoretical protection of confidentiality than a practical protection. No doubt the majority of persons contacted can identify the person who is the source of risk.
There are other rationales too, including the need to gather statistical data about the prevalence of the virus, the need to protect the blood and other organ supply, and the need to notify persons who are tested that they are at risk.
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Kant, Immanuel. On a Supposed Right to Lie From Altruistic Motives. In Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy. Trans. and Ed. Lewis White Beck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1949.
Livermore, Malmquist, and Miehl, On the Justifications for Civil Commitment. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 19, 1968: 84.
Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 13 Cal 3d 177, 118 Cal Rptr 129, 529 P2d 1974. Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 17 Cal 3d 425,131 Cal Rptr 14,551 P2d 334 1976.
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Kantor, J.E. (1989). Confidentiality. In: Medical Ethics for Physicians-in-Training. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1672-3_6
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